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Legacy continues for Oregon-Langen exchange program
SCOTT DE LARUELLE
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It might not exactly be
Route 66 to California, but
for the German students
visiting Oregon, and its
northern atmosphere over
the past three weeks, there
has been a lot to see, do and
remember.
Since 1990, a group of
students from Dreieich-
schule Langen have trav-
eled to Oregon every other
year to stay with local host
families, attend school and
visit a wide range of places
in the area, from fire stations
to museum and waterparks.
This year, 25 students spent
the past several weeks here,
and they leave Friday to
return home.
Soon, they will prepare
to serve as hosts themselves
for around 20 Oregon High
School students who will
make the return trip for a
three-week stay in Langen, a
city of around 37,000 people
located about 20 minutes
from Frankfurt, in southwest
Germany.
Dreieichschule Langen
teacher Holger Windmoller
started the program, which
was part of a state sister-
ship program between Wis-
consin and the Federal State
of Hessen. Today, around
40 schools in Hessen have
sister schools in Wisconsin,
though the Langen-Ore-
gon program is one of the
longest-running and most
successful.
Consi der i ng Wi scon-
sins strong ethnic German
heritage particularly in
the southeastern part of the
state Windmoller said the
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Ticky-tack
anecdotes
82-year-old author publishes
collection of stories
BILL LIVICK
Oregon resident Doro-
thy Kruse doubts that she
would have compiled her
stories and articles into a
book if not for the encour-
agement of Charlie, her
late-husband of 60 years.
So when t he book,
Hammer Tacks, Not
T i c k s ,
a r r i v e d
f r o m t h e
publ i s he r
t wo da ys
b e f o r e
Charlie died
i n J a n u -
ary after a
long illness,
SCOTT DE LARUELLE
Pe r s ona l i z e d l e a r n-
ing techniques used in the
Oregon School Di st ri ct
are designed to give teach-
ers a better alternative than
teaching to the middle.
That means letting stu-
dents learn more at their
own pace, and nowhere is
this new approach show-
ing more promise or results
than with some of the dis-
tricts more gifted pupils.
In fact, Oregon Middle
School is now home to sev-
eral geniuses.
Enriched English teacher
Amanda Rigell, who teach-
es three classes with around
75 seventh- and eighth-
grade students, has insti-
tuted the Genius Hour
providing students time
each week to personalize
their education by working
on independent study proj-
ects. She said the change
has gone so well that when
her classroom is empty for
prep time, many students
visit her classroom during
their study halls to continue
progress on their projects.
Im finding that some-
times kids will work more
and harder if its something
theyve chosen for them-
selves, Rigell said. They
can invest in it a little
more.
The projects are not easy,
however. Rigell said they
will be strictly graded, with
the goal to publish the stu-
dents work.
If its something youre
going to get a (top grade)
on, youve got to be able
to show it to the school or
community, she said.
One student is working
Welcome to Genius Hour
Advanced learners on fast track at OMS
Photo by Scott De Laruelle
Work in progress: OMS math teacher Bryan Krueger checks over Eva Syths assignment during class
Monday. Kruegers advanced math students are using personalized learning methods to learn at their
own pace, with encouraging results.
Kruse
OSD budget
work begins
New board
approves staff
additions
SCOTT DE LARUELLE
With three new mem-
bers sworn in and a new
presi dent el ect ed, t he
Oregon school board spent
a long meeting Monday
night working on a vari-
ety of budget and person-
nel issues. After a divi-
sive election last month
in which three incumbents
lost their seats, both new
and old members struck a
cooperative chord in their
first meeting together.
business manager Andy
Weiland gave a presenta-
tion on the budget, which
board members voted to
accept as a report, though
not necessarily agreeing
on all its assertions.
This years budget is
a little better than the last
three or four, he said, not-
ing an anticipated increase
in state aid of $75 per stu-
dent after several years of
decreases.
Weiland said he projects
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MARK IGNATOWSKI
The Village of Oregon
Planning Commission will
look at revised detailed
plans for proposed apart-
ment buildings along Ber-
gamont Drive at its regular
meeting Thursday.
The commi ssi on di s-
cussed the plans with Ber-
gamont developer Fiducia-
ry Real Estate Development
last month, but it could take
action on the updated site
plans and building designs
at their May 1 meeting.
Commissioners and some
neighbors were mostly sup-
portive of those draft plans.
Minor changes since then
include detailed lighting
plans, the addition of brick
to some of the building
exteriors and varying the
exterior materials on the
multifamily units.
The plans have been in
the works for more than a
year. The company plans to
add seven duplex buildings
just north of an existing
strip of two-family homes
on the west side of Ber-
gamont Boulevard. Thirty-
eight multifamily units are
planned for a 4.75-acre site
north of the duplexes. On
the east side of Bergamont
Boulevard, 10 multi-family
units are planned for a 1.33-
acre site.
Commi s s i one r s ha d
requested additional details
and some of the changes.
Instead of all-vinyl siding,
for example, the build-
ings will transition to a
shake-style siding on some
parts while maintaining
traditional craftsman-style
siding on other parts. Some
prominent buildings will
have manufactured brick
areas, as well.
Designers for the Ber-
gamont also removed one
duplex along the southern
end of the area to give other
units a bit more space.
No publ i c heari ng i s
planned, and it does not
need Village Board approv-
al. The discussion begins at
6:30 p.m. at Village Hall.
Commercial building
The Planning Commis-
sion is slated to have a con-
ceptual discussion about a
commercial building in Lot
2 of the Villages of Fox-
boro.
Developers are proposing
a nearly 9,000 square-foot
building containing several
commercial units east of
Headquarters Bar and Grill
along Concord Drive. No
action is planned for Thurs-
day, and no tenants have
been identified.
If you go
What: Village of Oregon
Planning Commission
When: 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, May 1
Where: Oregon Village
Hall, 117 Spring St.
TV: WOW, Ch. 98/983
Info: vil.oregon.wi.us
Milestone year
continues for
Oregon DECA
National competition May 3-6
SCOTT DE LARUELLE
After finding success in regional and
state competitions during the past few
months, Oregon High School DECA
students are moving on to bigger and
better things next month in Atlanta.
The DECA Int ernat i onal Career
Development Conference (ICDC),
which runs from May 3-6, is the high-
light of the groups year, said OHS
DECA adviser John Curkovic. Around
16,000 high school students, advisors,
businesspeople and alumni will gather
for several days of competitive events
and a variety of leadership and career-
advancing programs in the areas of mar-
keting, business concepts and entrepre-
neurship.
Curkovic said the competitions are
designed to simulate real-life business
scenarios while testing students aca-
demic competence and skill develop-
ment, with events focusing on several
academic disciplines. Case studies are
presented to seek solutions considering
every possible business situation.
Human resource management, pro-
duction and/or distribution problems,
complex financial issues solving tasks
or simple advertising problems are just
a few of the scenarios proposed to the
students to solve. Students also conceive
business plans in advance and write,
prepare and present entrepreneurial
ideas to a panel of judges much like the
television show Shark Tank.
Students have a limited time frame
to articulate to a judge how they would
solve the problem and manage the issue
in the most expedient and efficient way
possible, while keeping in mind the ben-
efits available to both consumers and
businesses alike, he said.
The case studies are then combined
with students marketing, economic
and business mathematical and statis-
tical exams and averaged to see which
students will represent Wisconsin at the
international level.
This year, 14 of the 19 students who
competed for OHS at the state com-
petition will represent the district in
Atlanta, and there is a lot at stake, as
nearly $500,000 in scholarships and
awards will be presented for students
achievements.
Curkovic said the Oregon market-
ing class and DECA program prepare
emerging student leaders and entrepre-
neurs for careers in such fields as mar-
keting, leadership, finance and hospital-
ity management.
DECA enhances the preparation for
college and careers by providing co-
curricular programs that integrate class-
room instruction, apply learning, con-
nect to business activities and promote
competition, he said.
As the year comes to a close its a
good time to reflect on all the positive
outcomes DECA and the marketing pro-
gram has achieved, he said.
Top competitors
OHS mar ket i ng and
DECA c ha pt e r me m-
bers earned the organiza-
tions highest honors at last
months DECA annual Wis-
consin State Career Devel-
opment Conference in Lake
Geneva.
Students receiving recog-
nition at the state level were:
Ryan Barry, Entrepreneur-
ship Written Business plan,
Wisconsin State competitive
representative; Alex Breit-
bach, Restaurant and Food
Service Management Series;
Cassandre,Krier and Erica
Gerow, Marketing Commu-
nications; Madison Kion-
sinski & Daniel Gorman,
Buying and Merchandising,
representative; Dan Griffith,
Food Marketing Series; Alex
Tucker and Sean Hynek,
Business Law and Ethics,
Wisconsin State competi-
tive representative; Sydney
Keiner, Sports and Enter-
tainment Marketing Series,
representative; Dani Moore
and Rebekah Zerbe, Busi-
ness Services Operations
Research, Wisconsin State
competitive representative;
Riley Peckham, Sports and
Entertainment Marketing
Series; Anika Sande, Mar-
keting Management Series,
Wisconsin State competi-
tive representative; Meghan
Sharkus, Hotel and lodging
management, Wisconsin
State competitive represen-
tative; Emmie Wiedemann,
and Annika Victorson, Hos-
pitality Services Team, Wis-
consin State competitive rep-
resentative; Jessica Nankivil,
Entrepreneurship Indepen-
dent Business plan Event and
Food Marketing, Wisconsin
State competitive representa-
tive.
Adviser John Curkovic
also mentioned good work
done by other OHS DECA
members in making the
2013-14 school year and
one to remember: Andrew
(Drew) Christofferson, Blake
Curtis, Brendan Lawry,
Cameren Swiggum, Caroline
Rice, Carson Torhost, Chris
Mcguine, Clayton Boehm,
Collin Bundy, Cort Grawehr,
Emily Lynch, Ethan Schult-
ing, Hayden Storms, Jessica
Jacobs, Jordan Hyames, Kim
Gehrmann, Kyle Moen, Lexi
Joyce, Matt Reisdorf, Mitch
Glasgow, Parker Griebel,
Rachel Guenther, Renee
Lewandowski, Renee Sailor,
Riley Peckham, Sam Phelps,
Sebastian Scheller, Sydney
Keiner, Valerie Jones and
Zach Hanson.
Submitted photos
Oregon High School DECA students are competing May 3-6 at the DECA International Career
Development Conference (ICDC) in Atlanta. Above, Jessica Nankivil (bottom) is honored for win-
ning the Food Marketing award at the recent state competition.
Submitted photos
Above: Alex Tucker and Madison Klonsinski
accept awards at the recent DECA state compe-
tition. Below, Dani Moore and Jessica Nankivil
enjoy some down time during a dinner for
participants.
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it took on a special signifi-
cance.
He did know it was being
published, and he did get to
see the book, Kruse said.
At my age, especially, it is a
milestone. Its not something
that I thought I would ever
do. And without his encour-
agement, it wouldnt have
been done.
Kruse, 82, is also happy
about her new book because
she knows it will resonate
with her four adult children,
11 grandchildren and eight
great-grandchildren.
My children are very
excited about it because
theyve lived it, Kruse told
the Observer.
Kruses 103-page book is
a collection of 38 stories that
she submitted for publication
in several Wisconsin news-
papers and magazines. She
wrote mostly about humor-
ous happenings, from the
simple to the profound, that
she observed while she and
Charlie were raising their
family.
The book includes stories
about fishing and hunting
in the Northwoods, making
maple syrup, finding bears
hibernating in their dens and
an unusual tradition Doro-
thy discovered at a tavern
near the Flambeau River that
eventually gave her book its
title.
Dorothy and Charlie were
both raised in Madison and
married in 1953 after he
returned from the Korean
War. They moved to Oregon
about 20 years ago.
In the fall of 1967, they
discovered a rustic cottage
for sale on the banks of the
Flambeau River and fell in
love with the place. It turned
out to be the setting for many
of Dorothys heartfelt, home-
spun stories.
Creative writing
Kruse has always been
drawn to writing, ever since
she penned long letters to
relatives as a little girl.
Then I started entering
25-words-or-less contests
and I won several of those,
she recalled. They quit hav-
ing those contests, and when
my kids finally were grown
I joined a creative writ-
ing class and found it very
inspiring.
Dorothys most productive
years as a writer took place
in the 10 to 15 years after her
kids were raised and before
her husband retired at age 62.
She often wrote with a pencil
on a pad of paper while rid-
ing to or from the family cot-
tage.
Kruse had articles pub-
lished in the Wisconsin State
Journal before it stopped
accepting readers submis-
sions. She also had stories in
such publications as Country
magazine, Wisconsin West
magazine and Wisconsin
Outdoor Journal.
Certainly you would
call them family stories,
she said, adding that much
of her writing was meant to
complement her husbands
photographs. He was an
award-winning amateur pho-
tographer.
He took a lot of very
good pictures, and the stories
had to go with the pictures,
Kruse recalled.
I n t he Nor t hwoods
theres just a lot of things to
write about, and also its a
quiet time so I had time to
write.
Just like SPHLAT
Kruse explained that her
books title was derived from
a silly tradition that she dis-
covered at the Oxbo Tavern
in the unincorporated com-
munity of Oxbo, on Hwy. 70
near the Flambeau River.
In chapter 15, she tells the
story of a wood tick race
that happens annually the
first week after the opening
of fishing season.
I heard about the wood
tick race and went to it and
couldnt believe it, she said.
The people collect wood
ticks and take them into this
Oxbo Tavern, where they
have a bulls eye on the pool
table. They put two ticks in
the center and the first tick
out of that bulls eye is the
winner. And the loser gets
smashed with a hammer.
Kruse recalled that she got
to thinking there was a story
there somewhere as she was
riding back home to Dane
County. This took place in
the early 1970s.
She thought about all
these Societies for the Pre-
vention of everything, she
remembered. So I decided
there should be a Society
for the Prevention of killing
ticks, and I came up with the
Society for the Prevention
of Hammering Less Agile
Ticks SPHLAT.
Kruse wrote a letter to the
editor of the Sawyer County
Gazette, where the race
took place.
Her farcical letter com-
plained that as president of
SPHLAT, I feel it is my
duty to issue a protest against
the annual Oxbo Wood Tick
Race. Ticks are caught and
kept in stinky matchboxes,
cans, jars, and bottles (some
of them unwashed) until race
time. During the race, ticks
are prodded with assorted
objects and subjected to abu-
sive language spewed upon
them by liquor-laden breath.
If a tick isnt agile enough to
win, it meets death under the
hammer.
In the letter, Kruse went on
to praise ticks higher quali-
ties and nonjudgmental char-
acters. She wrote that ticks
make wonderful pets and
their interest is only in our
inner selves.
She asked for readers
support and encouraged
them to join the nonexis-
tent SPHLAT and write for
a Keep Ticks Intact Kit,
which she would send for a
nominal fee. She included
her mailing address.
Creating a monster
Kruse noted there was
no response after the letter
appeared in the local news-
paper. But after the Milwau-
kee Journal picked it up and
published it, she received let-
ters asking for the kit.
I got letters from all over
wanting to join a club that
didnt exist, she recalled.
So I thought, well, Im
going to write back and tell
them how much this is going
to cost them and that we
have a Keep Ticks Intact Kit
that they have to buy.
Then I figured I wont
hear from them, she con-
tinued. But I did hear from
them. They sent me money,
and I didnt have any kits.
So I had to make up a kit and
take it to a local copy place
to make it. They thought I
was crazy.
Kruse then put together
kits that included a mem-
bership certificate suitable
for framing, a tick removal
device (a feather that could
be used to tickle a tick until
it released its grip), a bumper
sticker with the SPHLATS
slogan Hammer Tacks,
Not Ticks a wood tick
game, a membership card
and a live tick. (That was
included upon request.)
I sent out the kits and all
this information and was so
happy when I was done,
she said. But I underesti-
mated the cost and I went in
the hole with each $3.50 kit
and wasnt happy about
that.
To her amusement and
chagrin, word-of-mouth
started and I kept getting
letters and I kept sending out
the kits, Kruse said. Every
time I sent out a kit I went
deeper in the hole.
Kr use est i mat es she
mailed 25 or 30 kits before
the requests stopped coming.
Marketing lessons
Dorothys book which
is full of surprises, colorful
anecdotes and observations
about the natural world
remains relatively new to her
and shes trying to figure out
how to market it.
She hopes to place it in
local gift shops, novelty
shops or bookstores. So far,
the only definite step toward
promoting it is a book read-
ing and signing that shes
arranged at Oregon Public
Library in September.
She learned from her pub-
lisher that people can order
the book from Amazon.com
and Barnes and Noble.
She said her writing has
slowed considerably in the
past couple of decades since
Charlie retired.
I found out you cant
write when somebody is ask-
ing you questions, Doro-
thy observed. So I kind of
didnt write after he retired.
Kruse said the only writ-
ing she does these days is for
family.
I get the urge to write
now, but its not like it used
to be, she said.
Her writing now has to
do with stories about how
mom is doing during preg-
nancy, she explained. And
so when the baby arrives, a
story is sent to the parents;
a story that the baby some-
how conveyed to me before
the baby was born. It sort of
gives the mother a memory
of her months of pregnancy
and adds humor to it.
Photo by Bill Livick
Oregon author Dorothy Kruse compiled her recently published
book, Hammer Tacks, Not Ticks, during a roughly three-month
period last year.
At a glance
Title: Hammer Tacks,
Not Ticks
Author: Dorothy Kruse
Price: $12
Where: Amazon.com;
Barnes and Noble.com
Locally: 835-7980
Author: North woods cottage the setting for Kruses stories
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a pl ace t o s et up an
exchange program.
It was a political, his-
t ori cal and economi cal
thing, he said. I wrote an
application back in 1989
and I described my situa-
tion a small town close to
a big town (like Oregon and
Madison), he said. Thats
what made it. Langen has
37,000, Frankfurt has half
a million, so its not really
the same in proportion, but
lots of things are similar.
We are oriented toward
Frankfurt for shopping and
culture, and most of you
will go the theater in Madi-
son.
Wisconsin while not
traditionally a place where
Germans take their vaca-
tions is becoming a popu-
lar spot for many natives
of Hessen because of the
successful, longstanding
exchange.
Wisconsin is not a tour-
ist destination for Germans
Germans buy property in
Florida and they go there
and they take a camper on
Route 66 and go to Cali-
fornia, Windmoller said.
So Wisconsin is a little
bit out of the way, but it is
my goal to make Wisconsin
known in my little environ-
ment, and I tell them its a
little bit like Sweden and
people who like this north-
ern atmosphere, they might
come here.
The Germans have found
the local hospitality so
much to their liking that
many times, students who
participated in the program
return to Wisconsin with
t hei r whol e fami l i es t o
spend a vacation and Ore-
gon families do the same,
visiting Langen.
I like this; it makes me
proud, Windmoller said.
It has developed over the
years, and it is firmly estab-
lished now, because I have
had very good partners on
this side.
During their visit, the
st udent s have at t ended
classes at OHS, visited with
host families and traveled
around the area, from Mil-
waukee to Madison to Wis-
consin Dells. They visited
the Oregon Fire Depart-
ment and Oregon Police
Department, got a glimpse
of how local government
works and visited WISCO
and other businesses to do
job-shadowing. They also
traveled to all the district
schools, giving some well-
received presentations.
We learn a lot about
how this community works
and (share) all kinds of
themes about culture, poli-
tics, youth, life in Germa-
ny, he said. (Students)
are interested in our culture.
They want us to speak Ger-
man phrases.
Return engagement
On June 16, Oregon stu-
dents will travel to Langen
and stay until July 7, visit-
ing the area and staying
with the families of stu-
dents who traveled here.
Windmoller said the Amer-
ican students always have
a great time there, to the
point where they sometimes
dont want to leave.
All the other groups
have shed some tears, he
said. They dont want to
board the bus on the last
day.
There is plenty to do
and see in the Langen, and
Frankfurt is only about 25
minutes by train, which
runs about every 15 min-
utes. Windmoller said using
public transportation so
taken for granted in heavily
populated Europe can be
a different experience for
American high school stu-
dents used to driving their
cars everywhere. He said
thats just one of the cultur-
al differences between the
two countries.
For you, its fantastic
that 16-year-old kids drive
cars, (but) lots of Ger-
man students ride their
bikes to school, because we
have an infrastructure for
bikes, even in the crammed
city areas, he said. There
are red and white marked
bike lanes and a gigantic
parking area for bikes, with
300-500 bikes there every
day.
Thats a difference
getting along with trains,
buying tickets, finding the
right trains, reading a time-
table all of this is new to
the Americans, and quite
normal for us, of course.
The narrow streets with
cars parked on both sides
can be a bit intimidating
for young American driv-
ers, he said, including one
exchange student who acci-
dentally knocked off some
side mirrors during a trip a
few years ago.
Some students have said
they were really worried,
even afraid of the narrow-
ness and density in Germa-
ny, he said. They are used
to wide open spaces. Espe-
cially in our areas, which
some of the most densely
populated areas in Germa-
ny, you have the thunder
of the underground trains
and planes and you have
cars everywhere and these
cyclists.
Lasting memories
The Langen-Oregon pro-
gram is difficult to get into.
Of the 75 German students
who applied to visit Oregon
this spring, only 25 were
accepted, and those who
did are extremely grateful.
Jasmi ne Jaeckel , 15,
heard about program from
friend who was in the pro-
gram two years ago and
said she needed to apply,
which she quickly did.
You have to fill out a
paper with several ques-
tions have you been to
America, have you done
other exchanges, why you
want to go here, she said.
I t ol d t hem I want t o
improve my English, and
I love speaking English,
and that Ive never been
to America and this would
be an opportunity to come
here. I was very happy to be
selected.
Most of my friends are
pretty jealous because they
wanted to come here.
She particularly enjoyed
a trip just over the Illinois
border to Galena, where she
was amazed at the really
cute town with pretty little
shops. She also liked riding
along with her host sister.
It was fun, she said.
Wed drive around and
listen to music and sing
along.
Fabian Trebr, 17, said
ever ybody i n school
knows about the exchange
program, and hes wanted
to join along for a long
time.
Im very lucky I got this
opportunity and I was cho-
sen from the 75, he said.
Trebr said OHS is total-
ly different from their
school in Langen, which is
a secondary school prepar-
ing students for university
study.
We get totally differ-
ent subjects (and) we have
individual schedules, so
we havent got the same
schedule every day, but
its repeated every week,
he said. I like history and
English, thats why Im
here.
Inga Rode, 15, said she
couldnt imagine it when
she heard she was accepted.
I was really, really hap-
py because Ive never left
Europe before, and its my
first time in America and
its really awesome, she
said. Everything is so big
I mean, not the people,
the streets (laughs) the
streets are so wide and
everything is nice here. I
was really impressed.
Rode said she was a bit
surprised how often Ameri-
can teenagers drive in their
cars, even when they could
just as easily ride a bike to
school and back, like Ger-
man teens do.
Its not so long (but)
they always take their cars,
she said.
The recent spate of typi-
cally uneven Wisconsin
weather was also something
new to experience.
I was really surprised
with the weather, because
l ast Monday t here was
snow, and this Monday it
was the warmest day of
the week, with about 60
degrees Fahrenheit, she
said. So from frozen to
really warm. In Germany,
we had no snow this win-
ter.
Vincenzo Greco, 17, is
looking forward to hosting
a student from Oregon next
month. He said even though
hes had a chance to talk
to some of the ones who
will visit Langen, they may
be in for a bit of a culture
shock.
They asked us how
the school is, because its
completely different, and
the drivers license, you
have to be 17 or 18, and
they said, Oh, my God,
he chuckled. Also, we are
allowed to drink beer at 16,
and theyre not. They think
its so special because here
its not allowed and if you
get caught, its really bad.
Greco, a Zumba instruc-
tor back home who had a
blast doing the exercise
with Americans in the past
few weeks, said he would
recommend the exchange to
anyone.
Its so good an experi-
ence to see other cultures
and improve your language,
because were talking all the
time here in English, he
said. We have to, because
our host family doesnt
speak German.
Teacher Frank Pawlows-
ki is enjoying his first trip
to Oregon, after visiting the
United States 12 years ago
as a student, when he visit-
ed Minneapolis. He said its
been a great opportunity for
students to see what Ameri-
ca has to offer, both in big-
ger and smaller cities.
They like our tours to
Milwaukee or Madison, but
they also like staying here
in Oregon, he said. They
like both. Its a great expe-
rience to be here and to see
the differences and simi-
larities of our two cultures,
and were all proud to be
able to participate in this
exchange.
German: Oregon students will make a return visit to Germany this summer
Submitted photos
Students and teachers pose in front of the Firefly Coffee House.
Below, Miriam Klein, Vincenzo Greco and Jasmin Jaeckel don firefighters gear during a visit to the Oregon Fire Department.
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Church Listings
ALL SAINTS LUTHERAN
CHURCH
2951 Chapel Valley Rd., Fitchburg
(608) 276-7729
Pastor Rich Johnson
SUNDAY
8:30 a.m. classic service
10:45 a.m. new song service
BROOKLYN LUTHERAN CHURCH
101 Second Street, Brooklyn
(608) 455-3852
Pastor Rebecca Ninke
SUNDAY
9 a.m. Holy Communion
10 a.m. Fellowship
COMMUNITY OF LIFE
LUTHERAN CHURCH
PO Box 233, Oregon, 53575
(608) 286-3121
ofce@communityoife.us
Pastor Eric Wenger
SUNDAY
10 a.m. Worship at 1111 S. Perry
Parkway, Oregon
COMMUNITY UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH
Brooklyn
(608) 455-3344
Pastor Dave Pluss
SUNDAY
9:30 a.m. Worship
FAITH EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN
CHURCH
143 Washington Street, Oregon
(608) 835-3554
Pastor Karl Hermanson
SUNDAY - 9 a.m. Worship
Holy Communion 2nd & last
Sundays
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
408 N. Bergamont Blvd. (north of CC)
Oregon, WI 53575
608-835-3082
fpcoregonwi.org
SUNDAY:
10 a.m. Blended Worship
11 a.m. Coffee Bar/Fellowship
11:15 a.m. All-ages activity

FITCHBURG MEMORIAL UCC
5705 Lacy Road, Fitchburg
(608) 273-1008
www.memorialucc.org
Pastor: Phil Haslanger
Associate Pastor Twink Jan-
McMahon
SUNDAY
8:15 and 10 a.m. Worship
GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN
CHURCH ELCA
Central Campus: Raymond Road and
Whitney Way
SATURDAY - 5 p.m. Worship
SUNDAY - 8:15, 9:30 and 10:45
a.m. Worship West Campus: Corner
of Hwy. PD and Nine Mound Road,
Verona
SUNDAY - 9 & 10:15 a.m., 6 p.m.
Worship (608) 271-6633
HILLCREST BIBLE CHURCH
752 E. Netherwood, Oregon
Eric Vander Ploeg, Lead Pastor
(608) 835-7972
www.hbclife.com
SUNDAY
8:30 am & 10:15 am Worship service
at Oregon High School PAC
Quest for grades 1-6 during 10:15
service
HOLY MOTHER OF CONSOLATION
CATHOLIC CHURCH
651 N. Main Street, Oregon
Pastor: Fr. Gary Wankerl
(608) 835-5763
holymotherchurch.weconnect.com
SATURDAY: 5 p.m. Worship
SUNDAY: 8 and 10:15 a.m. Worship
PEOPLES UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH
103 North Alpine Parkway, Oregon
Pastors Jason and Johanna Mahnke
(608) 835-3755
www.peoplesumc.org
Communion is the 1st & 3rd
weekend
SATURDAY - 5 p.m. Worship
SUNDAY - 9 a.m. worship and
Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. worship;
5 p.m. The Gathering Sunday night
service with simple supper to follow
ST. JOHNS LUTHERAN CHURCH
625 E. Netherwood, Oregon
Pastor Paul Markquart and Pastor
Emily Tveite
(608) 835-3154
5 p.m. Saturday evening Worship
8 a.m. Traditional Sunday Worship
9:15 a.m. Sunday School & Coffee
Fellowship
10:30 a.m. New Community Worship
(9:30 a.m. Summer)
VINEYARD COMMUNITY CHURCH
Oregon Community Bank & Trust,
105 S. Alpine Parkway, Oregon - Bob
Groth, Pastor - (608) 513-3435
welcometovineyard.com
SUNDAY - 10 a.m. Worship
ZWINGLI UNITED CHURCH OF
CHRIST - Paoli
At the Intersection of Hwy. 69 & PB
Rev. Sara Thiessen
(608) 845-5641
SUNDAY -
9:30 a.m. Family Worship
7 p.m., Alcoholics
Anonymous meeting
at First Presbyterian
Church, every Monday
and Friday
7 p.m., Alcoholics
Anonymous closed
meeting, Peoples United
Methodist Church, every
Tuesday
6:30-7:30 p.m.,
Diabetes Support Group
meeting, Evansville
Senior Center, 320 Fair
St. Call 882-0407 for
information. Second
Tuesday of each month
6:30-8 p.m., Parents
Supporting Parents,
LakeView Church,
Stoughton. Third
Tuesday of every month
Relationship & Divorce
Support Group. State
Bank of Cross Plains.
Every other Monday
night at 6:30 p.m.
Support groups
Call 835-6677 to advertise on the
Oregon Observer Church Page
Coming up
Thursday, May 1
1 p.m., organic gardening class, senior center
3:45-6 p.m., district art show, OSD offices
6:30 p.m., elementary schools spring choir concert,
OHS Performing Arts Center, 456 N. Perry Pkwy.
Saturday, May 3
5:30 p.m., Annual Relay For Life Cancer Survivors
Dinner, American Legion Hall Otis Sampson Post 59,
803 North Page Street, Stoughton, 873-7455
7 p.m., Oregon Trivia Night, Firefly Coffeehouse,
registration required at Oregon Public Library
Sunday, May 4
8 a.m. to noon, Knights of Columbus pancake break-
fast to benefit food pantry, Holy Mother of Consolation
Monday, May 5
3:30-4:30 p.m., LEGO Club, library
6-7 p.m., RCI fifth-grade band concert, OHS
Performing Arts Center, 456 N. Perry Pkwy.
7-8 p.m., RCI sixth-grade band concert, OHS
Performing Arts Center, 456 N. Perry Pkwy.
Tuesday, May 6
6:30-8 p.m., Oregon Relay For Life planning team
meeting, 220-8783
Wednesday, May 7
6 p.m., VFW meeting, senior center
Thursday, May 8
1 p.m., Container gardening, senior center
7-9 p.m., Oregon Middle School pops concert, OMS
cafeteria, 601 Pleasant Oak Dr.
Friday, May 9
10 a.m. to 2 p.m., brat bash, senior center
Oregon community-wide garage sale
Saturday, May 10
9 a.m. to 2 p.m., plant sale to support food pantry,
Waterman Park
10 a.m., Dads and Donuts, library
Oregon community-wide garage sale
Community calendar
Thursday, May 1
Oregon Village Board Special
Meeting (of Apr. 28)
Friday, May 2
Reducing Regulatory
Burden by Nancy Mistele (of
Apr. 17)
Saturday, May 3
Addiction Town Meeting
(of Apr. 30)
Sunday, May 4
Worship Service: Faith
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Monday, May 5
6 pm--LIVE--Oregon Village
Board Meeting
Tuesday, May 6
SqueezeBox Jamboree pt.
1 (of May 13)
Wednesday, May 7
SqueezeBox Jamboree pt.
2 (of May 13)
Thursday, May 8
Oregon Village Board
Meeting (of May 5)
WOW 983
Monday, May 5
AMDiabetic Foot Care
9:00 CLUB
9:00 Wii Bowling
1:00 Get Fit
1:30 Bridge
4:00 T.O.P.S. Weight Loss
6:00 Lions Club
Tuesday, May 6
8:30 Zumba Gold
9:00 ST Board Meeting
9:00 Pool Players
9:00 Arthritis Movement
9:45 Tai Chi
10:00 Wii League
12:30 Sheepshead
12:30 Stoughton Shopping
1:00 Movie The Book Thief
Wednesday, May 7
AMFoot Care
9:00 CLUB
10:00 Shopping
11:00 1/1 Computer Help
1:00 Get Fit
1:00 Euchre
6:00 VFW Meeting
Thursday, May 8
AM Chair Massage
8:30 Zumba Gold
9:00 Pool Players
9:00 COA
9:00 Arthritis Movement
12:30 Shopping at Bills
1:00 Cribbage
1:00 Container Gardening
Friday, May 9
9:00 CLUB
9:00 Wii Bowling
9:30 Blood Pressure
Monday, May 5
*Special Lunch*
Enchilada Casserole, Pinto
Beans, Shredded Lettuce w/
Tomato Chunk & Shredded
Carrots, French Dressing,
Fresh Banana, Coconut
Cream Pie
VO-Cheese Enchilada
Casserole
Tuesday, May 6
Swiss Steak, Rice,
Broccoli Flowerets, W.W.
Bread/Cookie
VO: Soy Strips w/Onions
& Peppers
Wednesday, May 7
Mac & Cheese, Green
Beans, Applesauce, Multi
Grain Bread, Chocolate Cake
Thursday, May 8
Sloppy Joe on Bun, Potato
Salad, Corn, Banana
VO: Soy BBQ
SO: Taco Salad
Friday, May 9
Cream of Potato Soup,
Turkey Ham & Swiss,
Cheese on Rye, Pineapple,
Cookie
VO: Cheese, lettuce on
Rye
ORE 984
Thursday, May 1
Oregon School Board
Meeting (of Apr. 28)
Friday, May 2
OHS FA Event: Solo &
Ensemble Recital 3 (Apr. 15)
Saturday, May 3
OHS FA Event: Solo &
Ensemble Recitals 4-5 (Apr. 15)
Sunday, May 4
OHS FA Event: Eugene
Alcalaly Pianist (of Apr. 15)
Monday, May 5
Oregon Elementary Arts Fest
(of Apr. 5)
Tuesday, May 6
OHS FA Event: Orchestra
Concert (of Apr. 17)
Wednesday, May 7
OHS FA Event: Leap Above
Dance & Open Mic (Apr. 17)
Thursday, May 8
OHS FA Event: The Nellys
& Completely Serious A
Cappella Concert (of Apr. 17)
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A new program begins daily at 1 p.m. and repeats at 4, 7 and 10 p.m. and at 1,
4, 7 and 10 a.m. 900 Market St., Oregon. Phone: 291-0148;
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Community cable listings Senior center
Admit When Youre Wrong
One of the barriers to good relations is when people dig their heels in
and refuse to admit when they are wrong. Many an argument could
be shortened by the offending party simply admitting his offense and
sincerely asking for forgiveness. In fact, many arguments could be
avoided by apologizing or admitting ahead of time that you might be
wrong. It is always a good disarming tactic to let people know that
you could be wrong about something, or to offer your apologies in
advance for what you are about to do. Moreover, people who refuse
to apologize even when they know they are wrong, or who offer insin-
cere apologies are seen as pride-filled, dishonest, and not interested
in smooth relations. If you want to get along with your family, friends
and colleagues, be quick to admit when youre wrong. This advice
also applies to your relationship with God. That is, admit to God when
you have sinned and accept His forgiveness just as readily.
Christopher Simon via Metro News Service
Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who
confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.
Proverbs 28:13
Safety Day
The Oregon Police Departments
annual Safety Day is 9 a.m. to noon
on May 3 at Prairie View Elementary
School. Contact Officer Neubert at
835-3111 x 241 or email cneubert@
vil.oregon.wi.us.
Cancer survivors dinner
The Annual Relay For Life Cancer
Survivors Dinner will be held Satur-
day, May 3, at American Legion Hall
Otis Sampson Post 59, 803 N. Page
St., Stoughton at 5:30 p.m.
Cancer survivors are invited to a
social evening and a free spaghetti din-
ner. Guests are welcome, and are asked
to contribute a good will donation at the
door. Call Kathy Horton at 873-7455 to
reserve your seat. You can also email
Kathy at khort128@gmail.com.
Trivia Night
Teams of up to 10 can compete in
four rounds of trivia at the Firefly Cof-
feehouse Saturday, May 3, at 7 p.m.
Registration is required at the Oregon
Public Library. Cost is $15 per person,
with proceeds benefitting the Friends
of the Oregon Public Library.
Relay For Life meetings
St ought on/ McFar l and/ Or egon
Relay For Life will hold planning
team meetings May 6 and June 3.
Each meeting is 6:30-8 p.m. New
members are always welcome. For
location details, call 220-8783.
Open Mic Night
The Firefly Coffeehouse will host a
talk on The Future of Public Educa-
tion from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, May 8.
Heather DuBois Bourname, Parents
for Public Schools organizer, will
be the featured guest. The Solidarity
Singers will provide music, and oth-
ers are invited to make comments or
bring poetry or musical offerings.
Senior Center Brat Bash
The Senior Center will hold its sixth-
annual Brat Bash Friday, May 9, from
10 a.m.-2 p.m. A brat and chips are $3,
a hot dog and chips are $2. Beverages
are an additional $1. The UW-Madi-
son band will visit at noon.
Garden club plant sale
The Oregon Garden Club will hold
the fifth annual Charitable Plant Sale
at Triangle Park on Saturday, May 10,
from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Perennials, annuals, vegetable/herb
packs and hanging baskets will be
available in time for Mothers Day.
All proceeds will benefit Oregon-
Brooklyn Food Pantry and Oregon-
Brooklyn Habitat for Humanity. Con-
tact Susan Shedivy at 332-1201 with
questions.
Hunger Food Drive
Saturday, May 10 marks the 22nd
anniversary of the National Association
of Letter Carriers Stamp Out Food
Hunger Drive. Carriers across the
country will collect non-perishable food
donations to go to local food pantries.
Customers who receive bags in the
mail are encouraged to use them by
leaving a non-perishable food donation
in the bag by their mailbox on May 10.
AARP Smart Driver class
The Oregon Area Senior Center will
offer a class on driving on Friday, May
16, from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. after the
January installment was well attended.
You may be eligible to receive an
insurance discount upon completing the
course, so consult your agent for details.
The class is $15 for AARP members
and $20 for non-members. Scholarships
are available. Call Anne at 835-5801 to
register.
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Deadlines for the May 29, 2014
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In observance of the holiday,
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Photos by Scott De Laruelle
Planting for the future
Oregon Middle School middle schoolers were part of a
day-long effort by students to plant dozens of trees in four
acres the schools newly designated forest on Friday.
State school forest specialist Gretchen Marshall, state coor-
dinator for the school forest program, said the trees will fit
in with the existing native trees in the area, including red
oak, burr oak and shagbark hickory.
Its a great feat, she said of the large planting. Its a big
deal for all these different classes, and the coordination
that takes place and the way they are going to use this as a
study area. Its neat the way they are going to divide it up
to use it as a learning tool.
Clockwise from left: Isabelle Krier packs down some soil;
Madison Conduah, Ethan Victorson and Kaden Seeliger
team up to plant a tree; OMS teacher Dan Howard and
daughter Kendall watch as State Senator Mark Miller plants
a tree; Logan Copus and OMS teacher Kevin Connor adjust
a wire protective barrier; Stone Scharmer and Ethan Bauer
muscle up to haul more loads of woodchips to the planting
area.
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NKE Pioneer
Days
Netherwood Knoll Elementary
School fourth-graders
last Friday dressed in his-
toric clothing provided by
the Oregon Area Historical
Society for the schools annual
Pioneer Days activities. The
daylong event included musi-
cal performances, songs,
games and dances in the NKE
gym. Fourth-grade teacher
Sue Jerzewski, along with
other teachers, organized the
activities.
Left, Jackson Hoelker, Harley
Jones and Kimberly Urban
attend an assembly of fourth-
graders, all dressed in pioneer
clothing.
Photos by Bill Livick
Andrew Beaman performs a snappy tune on the
spoons.

Left, two of the
trio of Kaylee,
Abbe and Sydney
are pictured sing-
ing and playing
their instruments.
At right, Alexia
Weber and
Catherine Roberts
get into the act,
with Weber play-
ing the spoons
and singing and
Roberts sing-
ing and playing
washboard.
SPORTS
Jeremy Jones, sports editor
845-9559 x226 ungsportseditor@wcinet.com

Thursday, May 1, 2014
Anthony Iozzo, assistant sports editor
845-9559 x237 sportsreporter@wcinet.com
Fax: 845-9550
For more sports coverage, visit:
ConnectOregonWI.com
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Boys tennis
Boys golf
Panthers
earn HM
recognition
JEREMY JONES
Sports editor
The schedule of the Oregon boys ten-
nis team had been a cake walk up until
last weekend.
With Madison East looking to drop a
team at its invitational and Brookfield
East looking to add another after losing
a squad, the Panthers finally saw some
of the states top competition last week-
end.
Traveling to the Brookfield East
invite, Oregon faced second-ranked
Marquette, fifth-ranked Eau Claire
Memorial and ninth-ranked Arrow-
head.
Despite losing all three duals, Pan-
thers head coach Ben Conklin couldnt
have been happier with his teams per-
formance.
Saturday was a great opportunity for
our players, Conklin said.
Playing against the states best, Ore-
gon looked like it belonged at spots.
Senior No. 1 singles player Jackson
Schneider had a great match against
Marquette almost getting to a third set,
losing 6-2, 7-6 (4).
Alec Onesti and Dakota Tollakson
also had a hard-fought loss against
Marquette 6-4, 6-4.
Those were the closest the Panthers
came to Marquette en route to a 7-0 loss
in the first round.
The story of the Eau Claire Memorial
match was Brady Behrend at No. 3 sin-
gles, who secured Oregons first victory
of the day, and the Panthers lone win
in a 6-1 loss against Eau Claire Memo-
rial.
Brady frustrated his opponent with
great patience and consistency, Conk-
lin said.
Behrend won 6-2, 6-2.
Oregon closed out the tournament
with a 5-2 loss against Arrowhead,
which could have just as easily been
5-2 in favor of the Panthers.
The Arrowhead match was very
close and our whole team fought hard,
Conklin said. Im very proud of our
players in our third match of the day,
we were tired, but we never gave up.
Four of the matches Oregon lost
went to match tie-breakers and were a
matter of point here and a point there.
The Panthers No. 1 doubles team of
Tollakson and Onesti was eager for a
win on the day after some close losses
and they did just that, knocking off the
Warhawks 7-5, 6-3.
Oregons No. 2 doubles tandem of
Jackson Wilhelm and Drew Christof-
ferson played a super match to supply
the teams other win 6-4, 6-4.
Jackson Schneider 7-5, 1-6, (10-6);
Behrend 6-1, 6-7, (10-6) and Charles
Donovan 6-4, 1-6, (10-5) lost close
matches at Nos. 1, 3 and 4 singles,
respectively.
Meanwhile, Oregons No. 3 doubles
team of Matt Reisdorf and Spencer
Krebsbach lost 6-2, 5-7, (10-7).
Following the tournament the Pan-
thers were recognized on the latest
Division 1 state rankings as an honor-
able mention.
Oregon, Edgewood (PPD)
Oregons Badger South Conference
dual against fellow undefeated rival
Madison Edgewood on Tuesday at
Quann Park was canceled. No make-
up date had been announced as the
Observer went to press.
Oregon hosts Monroe at 4:30 p.m.
next Tuesday.
Panthers win Evansville invitational
ANTHONY IOZZO
Assistant sports editor
Weather has messed with the schedule for the
Oregon High School boys golf team so far this
spring, and that is what made last Fridays first-
place finish in the Evansville invite at Evansville
Golf Course much sweeter.
The Panthers shot a 333 to win the first team
title of the season.
The guys were really excited about it, head
coach Bill Scheer said. I think gives them a lot
of confidence going into the rest of the season
now.
Junior Carson Torhorst led the Panthers with a
76 and has been consistent as the No. 1 golfer so
Submitted photo by Heather Newton
Oregons Liz Auer (44) knock in a pair of insurance runs in the fifth inning of the Panthers second game during last Fridays doubleheader at Goodman Park.
Oregon fell 11-1 in the first game, but bounced back to defeat Madison Edgewood 7-3 in the nightcap.
Panthers scratch out victory
JEREMY JONES
Sports editor
As a young team lacking consistency and
quite simply a lot of varsity experience, wins
havent been easy to come by for the Oregon
softball team.
Though the Panthers doubleheader last
Thursday at Goodman Diamond was post-
poned until Friday and moved to Goodman
Park, the Panthers did still split a split with
Madison Edgewood.
The Panthers won their second game of
the season, taking the nightcap 7-3 behind a
five-run first inning.
Blown out by the 10-run rule in the first
game, it was a defining defensive play by
right fielder Maddy Knaack that set the tone
for Oregon in the second game.
Following a ground out back to the pitch-
er, Edgewoods second batter laced a shot
into right. Knaack tracked down the ball and
fired to the cut-off, Mikayla Berge. Berge
was right on target with her relay throw, cut-
ting down the Crusader runner at third as
MacKenzie Kressin applied the tag.
I felt that was the defining moment of the
game and really set the tone for us, Oregon
head coach Mike Derrick said.
The Panthers, playing the home team in
the nightcap, were finally able to string a
few hits together in the bottom of the inning.
Kressin singled and later scored on a Cee
Cee Herale home run to left.
Edgewoods pitchers was noticeably rat-
tled from there. She walked three straight
and allowed two to score on wild pitches.
Knaack sacrificed in the Panthers fifth
run in the fifth inning, while Liz Auer added
a two-run RBI double in the fifth to score
Kyrie Heath.
Sarah Anderson, who paced the team with
three hits, also got the win in the circle.
Anderson struck out two over seven innings.
She allowed one earned run on six hits and
four walks.
Herale (2-for-4), Kressin (2-for-4) and
Dani Moore (2-for-3) all collected multiple
hits.
The Panthers (2-4 overall, 2-3 confer-
ence) first game was another story, however,
as Randi Ortman doubled and scored on an
Auer RBI single in an 11-1 loss.
We showed a lot of character to come
back and erase that loss in the first game,
Derrick said. It was a testament to our abil-
ity to keep fighting.
Edgewood (1-4 overall, 1-3 conference)
built a 6-0 lead through two innings and
added another in the fourth before Oregon
managed to get on the scoreboard.
Freshman Lacy Fluckiger worked an
inning-and-a-third in the nightcap, allowing
five earned runs on seven hits.
Herale returned to the circle after that,
tossing 3 2/3 innings. She allowed three
earned runs on six hits and two walks, while
striking out three.
Harrington picked up the win for the Cru-
saders.
Oregon, Madison West (PPD)
Mondays non-conference make-up game
at Kaiser Park was postponed once again.
Persistent rains and winds of more than 30
mph forced the cancellation. Though both
teams would like to make up the game, they
may not be possible with all the recent post-
ponements. All conference games must be
made up, however.
Oregon, Monona Grove (PPD)
Rain once again forced Oregon to post-
pone a game on Tuesday. No make-up date
had been announced for the Panthers home
game against Monona Grove as the Observ-
er went to press.
The Panthers travel to Waunakee at 5 p.m.
Thursday and Slinger at 10 a.m. Saturday.
Oregon will face Sussex-Hamilton, Slinger
and Whitefish Bay over the weekend before
returning to conference action next Tuesday
at home against Milton.
Softball
The
Oregon
High
School
boys golf
team
finished
first at the
Evansville
invite last
Friday at
Evansville
Golf
Course.
Photo
submitted
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Oregon rugby club cruises to victory
The Rugby Club turned in the teams best
performance since its inception last Wednes-
day, scoring five tries and holding the Wauke-
sha Rugby club out of the try zone in a 29-0
victory.
The Oregon-Stoughton players scored the
first try of the match at the 5:38 minute mark.
Jon Peterson (captain) finished off a 70
meter, 3-minute rucking and mauling drive
with a try, his first of two.
The boys found themselves behind their
5-meter line at the 16-minute mark but held
firm and worked their way back down the
field. At 22 minutes JJ Rogers came up short,
knocking the ball on, at the 1-meter line.
During the next 8 minutes Waukesha got
within Oregons 5-meter line four times.
Oregon held off Waukeshas attacks and
with time running out put together a last min-
ute drive that resulted in 30m scamper down
the sidelines by captain Ryan Hale with only
seconds on the clock.
Rogers then made the conversion from a
center-post kick and, after the first 30 minutes
of play, Oregon led 12-0.
Peterson scored at the 2:30 mark of the
second half, after finishing off a good 50-meter
drive by Oregon.
Jesse Adams (Stoughton) charged down to
the 2-meter line and drew a penalty, which led
to a Kyle Webbers scoring his first try ever off
of a penalty play at the 11-minute mark.
Matt Sampson took a crash ball from Will
Zeichert (Stoughton) at the 21-minute mark
ran 8 meters out and scored.
Oregon has 10 Super League Points (SLP).
SLP equals four points for a win, two points
for a tie, one point if you score four or more
tries, and one point if you lose by seven or less.
The top four finishers qualify for the high
school state championships.
Oregons last home game is against the
Madison West Rugby Club at 5 p.m. Monday,
May 5, at the Oregon Middle School.
The Rugby Club is also running a music
video competition.
Film the game and add your pictures or vid-
eos to a current song and create a music video.
The best video will receive $100 cash prize.
Details are on our web site www.OHSrugby.
com.
Article submitted
Panthers shut down
Crusaders in conference
ANTHONY IOZZO
The Oregon High School girls soccer
teams offense showed improvement
this past week, especially in a 1-0 win
against Badger South Conference rival
Madison Edgewood last Thursday at
Reddan Soccer Park.
Sophomore forward Jen Brien buried
an unassisted goal in the 46th minute for
the lone goal, but the Panthers players
had 14 shots on goal in the game.
Head coach Julie Grutzner said the
girls were spreading the field more and
starting to click as a collective unit.
It was a quality win and probably the
best offensive game we played all sea-
son, where we are finally looking for
shots instead of trying to dribble it all
the way in, Grutzner said.
The Panthers (6-3 overall, 1-0 Badger
South Conference) still need work on
finishing the shot, but the girls are on
track to get there before the end of the
year.
I knew going into the season that it
was a different offensive line because
we are smaller and quicker, Grutzner
said. When you go against big defend-
ers, it is a lot harder to get around them,
but the girls are learning.
Freshman Abby Brietbach finished
with two saves.
Oregon hosts Fort Atkinson at 7 p.m.
Tuesday, May 6.
Prairie 1, Oregon 0
The Panthers lost a 1-0 game against
Prairie High School, ranked No. 1 in
Division 4, last Friday.
Oregon collected eight shots on goal
but all were saved by Becky Kann.
Annabel Ware scored the lone goal in
the 44th minute.
Breitbach finished with one save.
I would have liked to score a couple
of goals Friday and say we are on a fast-
er pace, but I think we are definitely on
track, Grutzner said. It is just about
getting better and understanding better.
Oregon, Monroe (PPD)
The Panthers conference game Tues-
day at Monroe was post poned. No
make-up date had been announced as the
Observer went to press.
Girls soccer Rugby
Madison International Speedway
Green flag set to wave at MIS season opener May 4
JOHN WELLS
Special to the Observer
The sixth-annual ARCA Midwest Tour
Joe Shear Classic returns to Madison Inter-
national Speedway on Sunday, May 4. This
will be the first race of the season at Madi-
son before the track returns to Friday night
racing on May 23.
The event honors one of the greatest
short track racers in the country, the late Joe
Shear of Clinton, who won four track cham-
pionships at Madison (1973,1974,1980,
1982) and took home 66 feature wins.
This is a very special event at Madi-
son, said MIS owner Terry Kunes. We
are excited about the 2014 racing season
here and this is the perfect event to open our
year by honoring a true legend of the short
tracks, Shear.
The ARCA Midwest Tour will bring the
best drivers in the region to Wisconsins
Fastest Half-Mile. The Joe Shear Classic
will be a 100-lap event that will be split into
two segments: 64 laps followed by a short
break and then a 36-lap dash. The American
Ethanol Super Trucks will also be part of
the racing program.
Travis Sauter was victorious in last years
race and carries a nine-race win streak at
Madison into the 2014 season.
Other winners of the Classic include
Nathan Haseleu (2009), Steve Carlson
(2010), Ross Kenseth (2011), and Andrew
Morrissey (2012).
Action begins on Saturday, May 3, with
an open practice session and free grand-
stand admission for the fans.
On Sunday action begins with practice at
11:30 a.m., qualifying at 1:15 p.m. followed
by opening ceremonies at 2:15 and racing to
follow. Adult admission is $15 with seniors
(60 plus) and students (12-17) at $13 and
free for kids eleven and under.
Submitted photo by Paul Peckham
Oregon ball carrier Troy Zahn advances upfield. Zahn is supported by Ryan Barry and Nate Feest.
Track runs to fourth at relay meet
JEREMY JONES
Sports editor
Maddie LeBrun, Victoria Reyes, Wood
and Valerie Jones raced out to a time of 4
minutes, 24.77 seconds to claimed the 1,600
medley relay Friday at the Monroe Simpson
Relays.
Katie Boehnen, Isabella Musillami and
Tori Evert combined for a distance of 384-11
to take the discus competition.
The Panthers 4x200 hurdle shuttle (58.18)
finished second.
Oregons 4x800 (10:22.04, 4x400 relays
(4:19.75) and pole vault relay (15 feet) placed
third.
Two-time defending Badger South Confer-
ence champion Stoughton posted 101 points
to take the meet, while Monona Grove (84)
and Sun Prairie (69) rounded out the top
three.
Oregon finished fourth with 67 points.
Boys
Lance Peterson, Josh Sromovsky, Matt
Yates and Lucas Mathews posted a time of
44.39 seconds to secure the lone win one the
boys side in the 4x100 relay.
Oregon finished second in 4x800
(8:35.88), the hurdle shuttle relay (52.36) and
triple jump (120-1 1/4)
Oregon finished fourth overall as a team
with 60 1/2 points.
The host Cheesemakers (85), Monona
Grove (76 1/2) and Sun Prairie (67) rounded
out the top three schools.
Fort Atkinson triangular (PPD)
The Panthers Badger South Conference
triangular Tuesday at Fort Atkinson (with
Monona Grove) was postponed. No make-
up date had been set as the Observer went to
press Tuesday evening.
Oregon hosts its annual relay meet at 4:30
p.m. Thursday.
Track and field
Panthers edge Crusaders in lone game last week
ANTHONY IOZZO
The Oregon High School baseball team
defeated Madison Edgewood 3-2 last Fri-
day in a Badger South Conference game.
The game was moved from last Thurs-
day due to rainy conditions, and senior
pitchers Logan Laski and Ross Galloway
once again led the Panthers on the mound
and at the plate.
Laski and Galloway each had an RBI,
while Laski picked up the win with five
innings of work. He allowed two earned
runs on four hits and two walks. He struck
out three. Galloway finished the final two
innings and allowed a hit.
Oregon travels to Verona at 5 p.m. Fri-
day, and it hosts Madison La Follette and
Portage on Saturday. The Panthers play the
Lancers at 10 a.m. and Portage at 2 p.m.
Oregon then hosts Waunakee at 5 p.m.
Monday, May 5, and travels to Milton at 5
p.m. Tuesday.
Oregon, Monona Grove (PPD)
Tuesdays game against Monona Grove
at Firemans Park in Cottage Grove was
postponed due to rain. No makeup date
was announced by the Observers Tuesday
deadline.
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far. Scheer said that the rest of
the team sees Torhorsts play
as a motivational factor to also
improve.
I think they look up to
him, and he sets the bar,
Scheer said. It gives our guys
something to shoot for. I think
that they know they can play
as well as he does.
Junior Austin Busler shot
an 83, while sophomores
Brandon Rogers and Jimmy
Lutz each shot 87s.
Lodi took second with a
348, while Monroe came in
third with a 357.
Oregon has finished ahead
of some Badger South teams
in invites this season, but
Scheer said it is too early to
tell how the Panthers will fare
later in the year.
I think we are capable of
being as good or better than
any team in our conference,
he said. It is just a matter
of showing up and getting it
done that day.
Oregon continues the sea-
son at 3:30 p.m. Thursday
in a makeup match against
Stoughton at Stoughton Coun-
try Club. Oregon then hosts
Fort Atkinson at 3:30 p.m.
Monday, May 5, at Foxboro
Golf Course before travel-
ing to Monroe Country Club
at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday for a
makeup match with Monroe,
which was rained out last
Monday.
Milton 164, Oregon 177
The Panthers traveled to
Oak Ridge Golf Course on
April 22 for a match against
Milton and lost 164-177.
Torhorst shot a 38, while
Rogers had a 43. Busler fol-
lowed with a 47, and sopho-
more Brandon Michek picked
up a 49.
Joey Meyer led Milton with
a 38. CJ Curtis and Alex Zain-
er each shot 41s, and Drew
Johnson finished the scoring
with a 44.
Golf: Oregon drops match at Milton
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residential-based student
enrollment will remain con-
sistent or slightly increase
next year. For next school
year, he said, a minimum
of $200, 000 of savi ngs
on staff salaries would be
achieved through unpaid
leaves or staff turnover.
Because of these fairly
aggressive assumptions, it
is anticipated that the dis-
trict would have approxi-
mately $215,000 in funds
for addi t i onal expendi-
tures, Weiland wrote in a
memo to board members.
Boar d member St eve
Zach said he wanted to
make sure the districts use
of fund balance would not
affect its top bond rating.
As long as you dont
show an ongoing commit-
ment to an expense that
doesnt have a revenue
associated with it, youre
OK, Weiland said. As
long as youre cash flowing
through the district, youre
fine.
The board has until Octo-
ber to finalize the budget,
but it acted Monday to fig-
ure out some pending staff-
ing questions that need to
be answered in the short
term.
According to state law,
school districts have to
deliver any layoff notices
by May 15.
Teachers a topic
Board members unani-
mously passed a motion to
add a full-time fifth-grade
teacher at Rome Corners
Intermediate School and
full-time tech education
teacher for the district, as
well as a half-time physical
education/health teacher.
The board will take up
additional staffing issues at
its May 12 meeting. Those
could include the addition
of student support staff,
such as a mental health
specialist, half-time math
interventionist at RCI, a
part-time advanced learner
teacher and part-time agri-
culture teacher.
The fifth-grade position
at RCI was deemed impor-
tant as the classes next year
are anticipated to be right
at the districts class size
guideline limit of 25 stu-
dents, leaving no margin.
If students open enroll
or enter the district, we
would be above the guide-
line, Weiland said.
Looking to be able to
retain teachers in what are
becoming hard-to-hire posi-
tions in technology and
agriculture education, the
board voted unanimously
to offer specific teachers
in these areas $10,000 in
supplemental compensa-
tion on July 1 of this year.
According to a memo
written to the board by dis-
trict superintendent Brian
Busler, the OHS technol-
ogy engineering/agriculture
department falls within a
small pool of teacher appli-
cants for current and new
positions in Wisconsin Pub-
lic Schools, thereby caus-
ing recruiting and retention
challenges.
Calendar change
After getting back more
than 1,350 responses from
a survey sent to district
parents, the board voted
to end school after a half-
day on June 6 for all K-12
buildings. Starting Thurs-
day, the high school day
will begin at 7:55 a.m. and
end at 3:35 p.m. for stu-
dents through the end of the
year, adding five minutes
to the beginning and end of
the school day.
All other buildings will
keep their original start and
end times. District 4-year-
old kindergarten classes
will end June 5 as sched-
uled.
District in-house counsel
and human resources direc-
tor Jina Jonen said more
than 62 percent of parents
preferred that option, with
about 20 percent neutral
and about 18 percent voting
to keep the previous cal-
endar, with a June 11 end
date.
Other votes
The board voted unani-
mously to approve teacher
contracts for 2014-15, which
will include the maximum
allowable increase of 1.46
percent (about $370,000)
for returning employees.
Starting teacher salaries will
remain at $38,000.
In response to an earlier
request from Vogeler that
had become a bit conten-
tious under the previous
board makeup, the board
also voted 7-0 to move the
board tables down to floor
level during board meet-
ings at Rome Corners Inter-
mediate School. Monday
nights meeting was held at
Netherwood Knoll Elemen-
tary after an annual building
tour.
Oregon School District superintendent Brian Busler recites the oath of office for new board members
(standing from left) Barb Feeney, Gwen Maitzen and Charles Uphoff at Monday nights meeting.
on Strongly Worded Let-
ters, where each Friday she
writes a letter to a company
or corporation thats disap-
pointed her.
She just wrote one to
the Weather Channel about
their new format, Rigell
said. Theyre pretty great,
and shes gotten a lot of
support from her peers and
teachers, because theyre
funny and effective, because
shes a great writer.
Another student is reading
Tolstoys epic novel, War
and Peace, and uses Fri-
day Genius Hour time on
a Chromebook to research
Russian history. Another is
reading Harper Lees semi-
nal novel, To Kill a Mock-
ingbird, and uses her time
to learn more about the Civil
Rights movement in the
United States.
Its really provided the
flexibility to let the kids go
more in depth, Rigell said.
One Genius Hour project
teamed four seventh-graders
to direct and edit a short
movie for incoming OMS
seventh-graders to watch
next year.
Emilee Lehmann said
it all started when she and
classmates Katie Eisele,
Mackenzie Gard and Isa-
belle Krier got together to
brainstorm ideas and got to
pick their project.
One of us came up with
the idea of a movie, then
it was, Well, what do we
want to do, she said. We
thought about this because it
would have helped us, com-
ing here.
The students took a video
camera to record a variety of
places in the school new stu-
dents would need to famil-
iarize themselves with, and
are now editing the script.
Its fun, Lehmann said.
I like how we got to choose
what we got to do to show
what weve learned.
Challenge texts
Rigell also uses a chal-
lenge text program to fur-
ther personalize students
learning, letting them select
reading material that will
get them out of their com-
fort zones.
I started really want-
ing to see how the students
were interacting with their
reading, and make that more
individualized, she said.
They choose a book a
classic or genre they dont
really like. If they have time
management problems, they
can choose a really long
book so they can practice
pacing themselves.
Students get a list of
assignments each quarter,
and they work at their own
pace to read the books and
complete assignments, once
a week. Rigell has noticed
the difference in how stu-
dents understand what they
read, and how shes able to
work with them.
I felt I could communi-
cate one-on-one more suc-
cessfully with them than if
we were all just reading the
same book; everybody was
answering the same ques-
tions, she said. I think that
certainly has its place, and
I like doing group discus-
sions, like when we went to
see Hamlet in the begin-
ning of the year and the
kids did an amazing job dis-
cussing that. But its nice to
branch from that into their
own individual challenging
texts that theyre reading.
Rigell said when she saw
other teachers at the school
use personalized learning
methods to positive effect,
it gave her the confidence to
try it in her classes.
A lot of our advanced
learners are marked by curi-
osity thats how theyve
been identified as advanced
learners in the first place
so to let them stretch
out that curiosity is really
important, and is something
I want to do more, she said.
The idea that theres sort
of a national movement and
the district is really behind
personalization is really
empowering to teachers and
kids.
Exponential progress
In math teacher Bryan
Kruegers eighth-grade
geometry class, students are
learning lessons that their
counterparts at Oregon High
School are working on.
Using more personalized
learning methods this year,
hes been able to keep his
advanced students achiev-
ing and learning at their own
pace.
While he said its a lot of
planning and work on the
front end, hes seeing the
difference in both the per-
formance and attitude of his
students.
Theyre more indepen-
dent, he said. Its not a
traditional classroom set-
ting, so they can come in,
get started and work on their
own or in small groups.
They dont have to just sit in
their desks and listen to me
(lecture). Its more responsi-
bility for them, because they
have to get a certain amount
done in a certain time frame.
It puts more onus on them.
Krueger said hes seen
additional improvement
in the groups test scores
this year, as well as more
understanding by a larger
group of kids.
They have a lot of moti-
vation on their part, he
said. Ive seen kids under-
stand because theyre able
to go at their own pace.
They know to come to me
if they need help, or when
theyre able to move on.
For Krueger, who also
teaches a traditional eighth-
grade algebra course and an
eighth-grade math course
for seventh-graders, person-
alized learning is more of a
marathon than a sprint, and
he plans to add a little bit
more to the curriculum each
year.
This is only a first step,
because I only have certain
resources, he said. If you
wanted to go totally per-
sonalized, you have to go
to videos, and youd want a
lot more different resources
to be able to allow them to
learn. Its a lot of steps, and
you have to do it slowly,
one at a time.
OMS: Students step out of comfort zone
OMS students Alyssa Milski, Carolyn Christofferson, Andi McCorkle and Eva Syth collaborate on a
math project Monday in Bryan Kruegers geometry class. The advanced math students are learning
concepts usually taught in high school.
OMS students Johnny
Coughlin and Carter Erickson
work on an independent proj-
ect on Greek mythology during
their study hall Monday.
OSD: Board looking to hire new teachers
School Board picks new officers
Dan Krause was elect-
ed as the Oregon school
boar d s new pr esi dent
Monday by a 4-3 secret bal-
lot vote.
Charles Uphoff had been
nominated by Jeff Ramin,
and Rae Vogeler had been
nominated by Uphoff, but
she declined, instead nomi-
nating Krause, who like
her, had been elected to the
board last year. His term
runs until April 2016.
Vogeler was unanimously
approved as vice president
after she was nominated by
Krause and no other nomi-
nations were given.
New board member Barb
Feeney was elected treasur-
er after Vogeler nominated
Jeff Ramin, who declined.
After a bit of a comic pause,
where no board members
volunteered to serve as trea-
surer, Feeney agreed to take
the job, with Krause nomi-
nating her and the board
approving the move.
Ramin was elected clerk
by a 6-1 vote, outpolling
Uphoff. Feeney had nomi-
nated Ramin, the past clerk.
Vogeler nominated Uphoff,
who i n t urn nomi nat ed
Vogeler, who declined.
Scott De Laruelle
Personalized
learning
January: Project over-
view
February: Elementary
schools
March: Rome Corners
Intermediate School
This week: Oregon
Middle School
May: Oregon High
School
June: A look back at
Year One
OSD Committee assignments
Vogeler was appointed
chair of the human assets
committee, with members
Gwen Maitzen and Uphoff.
Mai t zen was chosen as
chair of the policy com-
mittee, with Feeney and
Ramin as members. Uphoff
will be the new physical
assets committee chair, with
Vogeler and Steve Zach as
members.
Feeney wi l l chai r t he
financial assets committee,
with Krause and Zach as
members. Ramin was cho-
sen as the chair of the vision
and steering committee,
with Maitzen and Krause as
members. Maitzen was cho-
sen as the districts CESA-2
representative.
12
OHS student earns Eagle Scout
Rank through service to local park
KIMBERLY WETHAL
Observer Correspondent
Oregon High School
junior Mitch Condon has
spent most of his free
time in a different way
from the majority of his
classmates.
Starting in the Scouts
program in second grade,
Condon has achieved
the rank of an Eagle
Scout after 10 years.
It took a lot of time
out si de of meet i ngs
and outings, Condon
said. I dedicated a lot
of my free time earning
badges and completing
rank advancement and
also planning my Eagle
project, which was a lot
of work.
As a Scout , Condon
has gone on t wo Boy
Scouts of America High
Adventure trips, going
to the Florida Keys by
paddling 5 1/2 miles in
open water in 2012 and
goi ng t o New Mexi co
in 2013. He also attend-
ed the National Youth
Leadership Training in
2011 after being selected
to go by a scoutmaster.
For Condons Eagl e
Scout project, he built
t wo park benches and
rehabilitated a park trail
that had previously been
impassable in Bicenten-
ni al Park, off Count y
Road MM.
After get-
ting his plan
a p p r o v e d
b y t h e
Boy Scout
c ounc i l i n
De c e mb e r
2 0 1 2 a n d
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Board, Con-
don held a work day in
his garage last March to
bui l d t he benches and
install them at the park
entrance and alongside a
trail at the top of a hill.
Lat er t hat spr i ng, he
worked on the trails in
the park
It fel t real l y great ,
seeing what I did for the
park, he said. I was
disappointed, however,
when I saw that one of
the benches was missing
shortly after I completed
my project.
Condon has l earned
multiple skills as hes
earned 30 merit badg-
es, with pioneering and
woodcarving being two
of his favorites.
Co n d o n s mo t h e r
Teri has been there the
whole way to witness the
growth in his leadership
skills that has occurred
as a resul t of her son
being in the Scouts.
Mainly, we are very
proud of the stick-to-
i t i ve-ness t hat Mi t ch
has shown in scouting
even when requirements
a n d e v e n t s we r e n t
al ways fun, she sai d
in an email interview.
Many times he was gen-
tly pushed out of his
comfort zone to achieve
more than he was aware
he was capable of.
Despite achieving the
rank of an Eagle Scout,
Condon still has goals
t hat he woul d l i ke t o
achieve before he gets
too old for the organiza-
tion, which include earn-
ing achievements like an
Eagle Palm that demon-
strates leadership skills.
I i nt end t o earn an
Eagle Palm before I age
out at 18, and since I am
now 17 I have less than a
year remaining, Condon
said. I am also the cur-
rent Senior Patrol Leader
(SPL) of Troop 50 and I
want to encourage other
scouts to reach the rank
of Eagle.
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13
Legals
VILLAGE OF OREGON
ORDINANCE NO. 14-01
ORDINANCE TO RECOVER
COSTS OF WEIGHTS AND
MEASURES PROGRAM
The Village Board of the Village of
Oregon do hereby ordain as follows:
1. Section 12.16 of the Village of Or-
egon Municipal Code is hereby repealed
and recreated as follows:
12.16 WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
(1) Purpose and Authority.
Pursuant to Wis. Stats. 98.04(1),
the Village of Oregon is required to en-
force the consumer protection provi-
sions of Wis. Stats. Chap. 98 regarding
weights and measures. Pursuant to Wis.
Stats. 98.04(2), the Village is authorized
to contract with the Department of Agri-
culture, Trade and Consumer Protection
(the Department) to provide inspection
and enforcement services.
(2) Denitions.
All terms under this section shall
have the same meaning as set forth un-
der Wis. Stats. 98.01 and Wis. Admin.
Code ATCP 92.
(3) Licensing and Inspection.
(a) All businesses engaged in the
sale of any commodities, the use of
weights and measures, liquid measuring
devices, scales, weighing, measuring or
price verication systems, timing devic-
es, or linear measuring devices, shall ob-
tain a license under this section and sub-
mit to inspection by the Department in
accordance with Wis. Stats. Chap. 98 and
Wis. Admin. Code Chap. ATCP 92. It shall
be a violation of this section to fail to
obtain a license, submit to inspection, to
fail to comply with any lawful order of the
Department, or to continue any business
activity governed by this section without
timely payment of the required fee.
(b) A license shall be valid for one
year and shall expire on December 31.
New licenses shall be issued annually by
the Village Clerk unless it is determined
that testing service fees under Section
12.16(5) have not been paid.
(4) Application.
The application for a license under
this section shall be made in writing
on a form provided by the Village Clerk
and signed by an authorized represen-
tative for the applicant. Such applica-
tion shall state the type and number of
weighing and measuring devices to be
licensed, the location of the devices,
the applicants full name and post ofce
address and whether such person is an
individual, partnership, limited liability
company or corporation. If a partnership,
the application shall state the names of
partners, together with their addresses. If
a corporation or limited liability company,
the application shall state the names and
addresses of all ofcers and agents of
the applicant.
(5) Application and Testing Service
Fees.
(a) An application fee at the time of
initial application shall be charged in the
amount of $25.00. Thereafter, licensees
shall pay only the testing service fee.
(b) A testing service fee is hereby
established to recover the Villages costs
associated with any contract entered into
with the Department under Wis. Stats.
98.04. The testing service fee shall
be charged to each business receiving
testing services during the preceding
contract year as reected in the Depart-
ments invoice and contract work report
in an amount equal to the base service
fee multiplied by the number of tests or
measurements performed for the subject
business.
(c) The Village Clerk, upon receipt
of the invoice and contract work report
from the Department for the preced-
ing contract year, shall determine the
base service fee by dividing the total fee
charged, plus an administrative fee of 3%
to cover Village administrative costs, by
the number of scales and other devices
tested during Department inspections
for each business during the preceding
contract year.
(6) Procedure.
(a) Upon determination of the appro-
priate testing service fees to be charged,
the Village Clerk shall prepare an invoice
for each business reecting the tests or
measurements performed and the total
fee to be charged to the business.
(b) The invoice shall be sent by reg-
ular mail to the address reected in the
Departments report.
(c) The invoice shall state that pay-
ment is due within 30 days. If the pay-
ment is not timely received in the ofce
of the Village Clerk, the Village Clerk shall
cause notice of violation to be served
personally upon the person appearing
to be in charge of the business premises
at the time of service. Such notice shall
inform the business that the required fee
payment was not timely received and that
if payment is not received within ve (5)
business days of service of the notice
of violation, the business shall discon-
tinue all operations requiring the use of
inspected devices or the sale of any com-
modities or be found in violation of this
section.
(d) The Villages failure to follow any
procedure hereunder shall stay any en-
forcement action until such procedures
are satised, but shall not affect the va-
lidity of any fee.
(7) Appeal.
Any person who is charged a fee un-
der this section and is not liable for the
fee under the terms of this section or can
demonstrate the charged fee has been
miscalculated, may appeal the charge
in writing to the Village Clerk. No appeal
may be considered if it is not actually re-
ceived by the Village Clerk prior to the ex-
piration of the ve (5) days set forth in the
notice of violation under Section 12.16(6)
above. The Village Clerk is hereby au-
thorized to correct any manifest clerical
or mathematical error. Fees properly
charged under this section may not be
waived or refunded. Receipt of a notice of
appeal shall toll the time periods set forth
in Section 12.16(6) above. Fees paid un-
der protest and later found to be charged
in error pursuant to a timely appeal may
be refunded.
(8) Penalty.
Any person or business found in
violation of this section shall be subject
to a forfeiture of not less than $150 nor
more than $300. Each day of non-compli-
ance or violation shall be a separate of-
fense. Citations for violations of this sec-
tion may be issued by the Village Clerk.
2. This Ordinance shall become ef-
fective upon passage and publication.
The above and foregoing Ordinance
was duly adopted at a regular meeting of
the Oregon Village Board on the 21st day
of April, 2014.
APPROVED:
_____________________________
Steven L. Staton, Village President
ATTEST:
_____________________________
Peggy Haag, Village Clerk
First Reading: April 7, 2014
Second Reading: April 21, 2014
Adoption: April 21, 2014
Publication: May 1, 2014
WNAXLP
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AGENDA
OREGON TOWN BOARD
TUESDAY, MAY 6, 2014
6:30 P.M.
OREGON TOWN HALL
1138 UNION ROAD
OREGON, WI 53575
6:30 P.M. BOARD MEETING
1. Call Town Board meeting to order.
2. Reading and Approval of minutes
from previous meeting.
3. Financial Report and Acceptance.
4. Public Comment
5. Discussion and possible Action
re: 2014 Road Construction
re: 2014 Road Sealing and Crack lling.
re: 2014 Purchase of large equipment for
public works.
re: possible salt shed construction.
9. Public Works and TORC Report
Ace.
10. Discussion and possible Ap-
proval of Recommendations from Plan
Commission:
a. Conditional Use Permit; Petition #
DCPCUP-2014-02271; Parcel #0509-0838-
000-7. The request is to obtain a condi-
tional use permit (cup) for a limited fam-
ily business (limousine and bus service).
The property is zoned A-1Ex. Petitioner
and Owner Wayne & Dee Ace, 1219 Coun-
ty Highway D., Oregon, WI 53575.
re: the Anderson Farm Park progress and
update on Union Rd trees.
12. Communication and Action of
the Dane County Board Bollig.
13. Fire & EMS Report (Oregon Van
Kampen, Belleville & Brooklyn Clark).
14. Park Committee Report and Ac-
tion Root.
15. Assessors Report and Recom-
mendation Blomstrom.
16. Building Inspection Services Re-
port Arnold.
17. Constables Report Wackett.
18. Plan Commission Report and
Recommendation - Weber.
re: Potential Impacts of the states 2014-
15 Budget Bill.
re: Senior Center Van Kampen.
21. Board Communications/ Future
Agenda Items.
22. Approval of payment vouchers
Arnold.
23. Clerks Report Arnold.
24. Adjournment.
Note: Agendas are subject to amend-
ment after publication. Check the ofcial
posting locations (Town Hall, Town of
Oregon Recycling Center and Oregon
Village Hall) including the Town website
at www.town.oregon.wi.us or join the
Towns e-mail list to receive agendas at
townoforegon@mailbag.com. It is possi-
ble that members of and possibly a quo-
rum of members of other governmental
bodies of the town may be in attendance
at any of the meetings to gather informa-
tion; however, no action will be taken by
any governmental body at said meeting
other than the governmental body spe-
cically referred to in the meeting notice.
Requests from persons with disabilities
who need assistance to participate in
this meeting or hearing should be made
to the Clerks ofce at 835-3200 with 48
hours notice.
Posted: April 28, 2014
Published: May 1, 2014
WNAXLP
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RUTLAND
PLANNING COMMISSION
MAY 5, 2014 6:30 P.M.
Agenda:
1. Call meeting to order.
2. Swearing in of reappointed Plan-
ning Commission members whose terms
have expired and possibly a new Plan-
ning Commission member.
3. Roll Call.
4. Approval of April meeting min-
utes.
5. Preliminary and Final CSM for Pe-
tition 10648 by Pete Dunn. Town approval
of building site and driveway location.
6. Petition 10674 by Daniel Fleming,
agent for Mueller Implement regarding
modication of the Deed Restrictions for
property located at 4633 Hwy 138 (Sec-
tion 7) to allow landscaping business.
7. Preliminary Inquiry by Ashleigh
Carlson and Teresa Peterson for a
12-child day care facility at 4458 Rome
Corners Road.
8. Preliminary inquiry by Shawn
Hillestad to rezone and create homesite
for sale.
9. Petition 10672/CUP 2270 by
Stoughton Farms Inc., located at 3768
Old Stage Rd. (Sec. 34) to rezone 15 acres
from A-1 Ex. to A-2(8) creating a parcel in
order to construct a FM radio tower. Re-
view of materials received to date.
10. Discussion/update/necessary
action on items from previous meetings:
11. Adjournment.
Dawn George, Clerk
WNAXLP
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RUTLAND
TOWN BOARD MEETING
MAY 6, 2014
AGENDA:
1. Appearance by Dane Co. Sheriff
Dept. representative.
2. Constable Reports.
3. Appearance by Rachel Brickner,
Oregon Senior Center.
4. Public Comment for items not on
the agenda:
5. Planning Commission report.
6. Action as necessary on 2014 road
work projects.
7. Consent Agenda:
Minutes April meeting.
Treasurers Report.
Vouchers and Checks.
Discussion and necessary action
on annexation tax payments.
8. Correspondence.
9. Receive alcohol license renewal
applications for action at June meeting.
10. Update on Brooklyn Fire/EMS.
Discussion and necessary action on in-
corporation (Articles of Incorporation).
11. Discussion on meeting with DOT
regarding the north end of Hwy 14 as
necessary.
12. Update on Environment Corridor.
13. Discussion on correspondence
from DCTA regarding possible Town
Zoning Withdrawal and reform of Dane
County zoning.
14. Discussion on new Town Hall
matters including:
amendment to Angus Young con-
tract as necessary
discussion regarding size of build-
ing committee
general discussion regarding new
town hall building.
15. Discussion and necessary action
regarding requesting bids for Rutland
Comprehensive Plan revisions.
16. Adjournment.
Dawn George, Clerk
WNAXLP
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Jean F. Lawry, age 85,
of Oregon, passed away
on Sunday, April 27, 2014,
at her residence. She was
born on Aug. 15, 1928, in
Madison, the daughter of
Arthur and Jessie (Taylor)
Newton.
Jean married Roger Law-
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Johns Lutheran Church.
She graduated from Oregon
High School in 1946 and
was a member of St. Johns
Lutheran Church and Ore-
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ens Club. Jean worked for
Farmers Mutual Insurance
and the Oregon Library, but
her primary occupation and
greatest enjoyment was as
a loving wife and mother.
She enjoyed sports, bowl-
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the Packers and Badgers.
Roger and Jean attended
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childrens and grandchil-
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husband, Roger, of 64
years; daughters, LuAnn
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brother, Robert (Wanetta)
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Ruth E. Smith
Ruth E. Smith, age 95,
passed away on Tuesday,
April 22, 2014. She was
born on Jan. 26, 1919, in
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daughter of Jens and Signe
(Larsen) Olsen. She gradu-
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of the Oregon area.
Ruth was united in mar-
r i age t o Loui s Bud
Smith on Sept. 16, 1950.
He passed away on Nov.
9, 1992. She worked as
a switchboard operator/
supervi sor for General
Telephone for 30 years, 1
month and 4 days. Ruth
was an active member of
St. Johns Lutheran Church.
She was involved with the
quilting group, the annual
smorgasbord and making
lefse. Ruth taught ceram-
ics and China painting for
over 20 years. She was
also involved with Silver
Threads, the Oregon Senior
Center, and Northside and
Southside Card Clubs. She
loved birds, especially Car-
dinals, flowers, crafts, play-
ing cards and spending time
with her family and friends.
She is survived by her
daughter, Ruth Ann (fian-
c, David Davis) Smith
of Fitchburg; nieces, Edie
(Russ) Grossen of Brooklyn
and their family and Nancy
(Steve) Schulz of Monroe.
She is further survived by
sisters-in-law, Margaret
Olsen, Mimi Vetter and
Helen Smith; and many
loving nieces and nephews.
She was preceded i n
death by her parents; her
hus band; her br ot her ,
Eugene Olsen; Buds broth-
er, Raphael; and sisters,
Jean, Delores and Lea and
their spouses.
Funeral services were
held at St. Johns Lutheran
Church, 625 E. Nether-
wood, Oregon on Friday,
April 25, 2014. with the
Rev. Paul Markquart pre-
siding. Burial followed at
St. Marys Cemetery in
Oregon.
The family gives a spe-
cial thank you to the staff
at Skaalen for their loving
care and support. In lieu of
flowers, memorials may be
made to St. Johns Lutheran
Church, or to the family.
Online condolences may be
made at gundersonfh.com
Gunderson Oregon
Funeral & Cremation Care
1150 Park St.
835-3515
Ruth E. Smith
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culture & Consumer Protection 1-800-
422-7128 (wcan)
163 TRAINING SCHOOLS
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340 AUTOS
1999 FORD Contour Sport
47,000. Green. Good condition, one
owner. 608-873-9038
DONATE YOUR Car, Truck, Boat to Heri-
tage for the Blind. Free 3-Day Vacation.
Tax Deductible. Free Towing. All paper-
work taken care of! 800-856-5491 (wcan)
342 BOATS & ACCESSORIES
BOAT WORLD Over 700 New & Used
Pontoons, Fishing Boats, Deck Boats,
Ski-boats, Bass & Walleye Boats, Cud-
dys, Cruisers up to 35 feet & Outboards
@ the Guaranteed Best Price! Crown-
line/Axis/Malibu/Triton/Alumacraft/Mor-
rocraftMisty Harbor & Crest Pontoons.
American Marine & Motorsports Super
Center, Shawano. Where Dreams come
True. 866-955-2628 www.americanma-
rina.com (wcan)
MERCURY 20HP Outboard motor.
Used very little. $600. 608-332-0836
SHOREMASTER DOCK & LIFT
Headquarters. New & Used. We do it
all.Delivery/Assembly/Install/Removal
American Marine & Motorsports,
Schawano = Save
866-955-2628 (wcan)
355 RECREATIONAL VEHICLES
2001 17' High-Low Trailer. Excellent
Condition. Lightly Used. $6800/OBO.
608-873-1601
ATVS SCOOTERS & Go-Karts. Youth
ATV's & Scooters (80mpg) @ $49/mo.
Sport & 4x4 Atv's @ $69/mo. Ameri-
can Marine & Motorsports, Schawano
=Save= 866-955-2628 www.american-
marina.com (wcan)
360 TRAILERS
TRAILERS @ LIQUIDATION Pricing.
Boat, ATV, Sled or Pontoons. 2 or 4
Place/Open or Enclosed. American
Marine, Shawano 866-955-2628 www.
americanmarina.com (wcan)
402 HELP WANTED, GENERAL
FARM SERVICE Agency in Madison is
looking for short term temporary help.
Farming experience and office skills are
preferred. $12.07-$19.70/hour. Call
608-224-3767 for an application packet.
Applications due by 4:30 pm, May 7,
2014. USDA is an equal opportunity
provider and employer.
FULL TIME Cook. Immediate opening
at Koffee Kup Restaurant in Stoughton.
Pay based on experience. Apply in
person at: 355 E. Main
FULL TIME manufacturing
position. Responsible, organized
& dependable. Apply At: Midwest
Rubber, 250 Industrial Circle,
Stoughton, WI 53589
CLASSIFIEDS, 845-9559, 873-6671 or
835-6677. It pays to read the fine print.
GROWING CONCRETE company look-
ing for EXPERIENCED Flat work finisher,
foundation form setter, concrete foreman
and operator with CDL. MUST have
valid drivers license. Competitive wages,
insurance benefits. 608-289-3434
MEDICAL-PHLEB-MA-RN-LPN-MT-
MEDIC NEED recent Venipuncture. Do
Mobile Insurance Exams/Draws. Set you
own appt! Good $. www.appslive.com,
appswi@bizwi.rr.com (wcan)
PT ADMIN Assistant 20 hrs. pr/wk.
Tuesday-Friday 8:30-1:30. MS Office
experience. Bookkeeping. Full job
description at fpcoregonwi.org.
E-mail resume to: oregonfpc@gmail.com
SUMMER HELP 18 Years old+. Vehicle
needed. 40 HRS/Week. Some week-
end and holidays required. Moderate to
heavy lifting. Dependability a must. $11-
12.50 pr/hr. Apply: Nantucket Apts. 3141
Stratton Way, Madison. 608-848-3070
FOUR WINDS Manor, Inc., Verona,
is now hiring dedicated caregivers.
If you share our committment to a
positive attitude, respect for residents,
and are a team player who enjoys
working with the elderly please
consider joining us. We have various
shifts and positions available. A part
time housekeeper from 8am-2pm
in our assisted living facility. A full
time RN for the NOC shift. Full time
PM and NOC shift CNA's for our 60
bed skilled facility. A full time NOC
Resident Assistant for our CBRF and
part time PM shift. These positions
include every other weekend and
holidays with shift differential for
PM, NOC and weekends. Excellent
benefits with full time hours including
health, dental, PTO, flex spending
and 401K. Applications available at
www.fourwindsmanor.com or
303 S Jefferson St.
TINA'S HOME CLEANING
Hiring personnel for residential
cleaning position. Days only. Become
a part of our growing Team!
Call 608-835-0339
tinashomecleaning@gmail.com
TNT FIREWORKS IS looking for tent
operators. Make $1500-$3K in 8-10 days.
No upfront money. Small credit inquiry
required. Call Matthew at 715-797-6885
423 WORK WANTED
BASIC FARM WORK. 53 yr old, expe-
rienced with animals and equipment.
Also relief milking. Interested call Jerry:
608-228-0124
449 DRIVER, SHIPPING
& WAREHOUSING
FLATBED DRIVERS. New Pay Increase.
Great Miles/ Pay & Home time, New
2014 trucks w/APU's & Refrigerator. Full
Benefits + Flatbed Equipment Supplied.
CDL-A, 2yrs exp. 855-219-5996
OTR DRIVERS WANTED
Above Average Mileage Pay including
Performance and Safety BONUSES!
Health/Dental/Vision/HSA/Matching
401K/Vacation pay and Holiday Pay.
Avg 2500-3500 miles/week 100% No
Touch 12 mo. CDL/A Exp Preferred
888-545-9351 ext 13 Jackson, WI www.
doublejtransprot.com (wcan)
453 VOLUNTEER WANTED
VSA WISCONSIN seeks volunteers to
assist with Madison Gallery Night, Visual
Expressions Exhibition and Reception on
May 2-7. Help us hang and label art, greet
visitors and artists, answer questions
about the art work on display, registration,
refreshments, take down art, repackage
art and patch walls. Join Lakeshore
Preserve staff to pull invasive garlic mus-
tard plants on Picnic Point on May 3.
Garlic mustard poses a serious threats
to the biodiversity and overall quality of
the preserve. Training, bags, tools and
gloves provided. Canceled in case of rain.
Alzheimers & Dementia Alliance of WI
is looking for someone with the equip-
ment and know how to convert VHS from
events and our lending library to DVD or
external hard drive format. Converting our
pictures into digital format would be great
as well. Call the Volunteer Center at 608-
246-43580 or visit www.volunteeryour-
time.org for more information or to learn
about other opportunities.
508 CHILD CARE & NURSERIES
SMALL INHOME Daycare- Stoughton
Has an opening for one school age child.
Call Maria at 877-1196
548 HOME IMPROVEMENT
A&B ENTERPRISES
Light Construction/Remodeling
No job too small
608-835-7791
ALL THINGS BASEMENTY! Basement
Systems Inc. Call us for all your base-
ment needs! Waterproofing? Finishing?
Structural Repairs? Humidity and Mold
Control? Free Estimates! Call 888-929-
8307 (wcan)
ASPHALT SEAL COATING Crack
filling, striping No job too small. Call
O & H at 608-845-3348 or
608-832-4818
DOUG'S HANDYMAN SERVICE
GUTTER CLEANING
"Honey Do List"
No job too small
608-845-8110
HALLINAN-PAINTING
WALLPAPERING
**Great-Spring-Rates**
35 + Years Professional
Interior/Exterior
Free-Estimates
References/Insured
Arthur Hallinan
608-455-3377
NIELSEN'S
Home Improvements
Repairs, LLC
Kitchens/Bathrooms
Wood & Tile Flooring
Decks/Clean Eaves
*Free Estimates* Insured*
*Senior Discounts*
Home 608-873-8716
Cell 608-576-7126
e-mail zipnputts@sbcglobal.net

TOMAS PAINTING
Professional, Interior,
Exterior, Repairs.
Free Estimates. Insured.
608-873-6160
554 LANDSCAPING, LAWN,
TREE & GARDEN WORK
AFFORDABLE QUALITY Services LLC:
Lawn Mowing & Trim, Reseeding, Aera-
tion, Mulch, Shrub Trimming, Sidewalk
Edging Call Matt Nardi for estimate:
608.609.3600 or snowplow@tds.net.
Dependable, Experienced and Fully
Insured. Service areas: Middleton, Mt.
Horeb, Oregon, Verona, West Madison
ARTS LAWNCARE- Mowing,
trimming, roto tilling, Garden
maintenance available.608-235-4389
JAYS LAWN MAINTENANCE
Spring Cleanup, Garden Roto tilling
Lawn mowing, Brick and Flagstone
walkways and patios, Hedge Trimming
608-728-2191
LAWN MOWER Blade Sharpening in
Stoughton. $5. per blade. Call 608-
235-4389
LAWN MOWING Residential and com-
mercial. 608-873-7038
ROTOTILLING, SKIDLOADER, Small
Dumptruck for Brooklyn, Oregon, Evans-
ville and surrounding areas. 608-513-
8572, 608-206-1548
SHREDDED TOPSOIL
Shredded Garden Mix
Shredded Bark
Decorative Stone
Pick-up or Delivered
Limerock Delivery
Ag Lime Spreading
O'BRIEN TRUCKING
5995 Cty D, Oregon, WI
608-835-7255
www.obrientrucking.com
SNOWMARE ENTERPRISES
Property Maintenance
Lawn Mowing
Bush Trimming
Powerwash Houses
Spring/Summer Clean-Up
Gutter Cleaning
608-219-1214

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the best place to buy or sell. Call 845-
9559, 873-6671 or 835-6677.
560 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
APPLIANCE REPAIR
We fix it no matter where
you bought it from!
800-624-0719 (wcan)
MY COMPUTER WORKS - Computer
Problems? Viruses, Spyware, Email,
Printer Issues, Bad Internet Connec-
tions - FIX IT NOW! Professional, US
based technicians. $25 off service. Call
for immediate help. 888-885-7944 (wcan)
ONE CALL DOES IT ALL! Fast and
Reliable Handyman Services. Call Ser-
viceLive and get referred to a pro today.
Call 800-604-2193 (wcan)
576 SPECIAL SERVICES
BANKRUPTCY- STOUGHTON and sur-
rounding area. Merry Law Offices. 608-
205-0621. No charge for initial consulta-
tion. "We are a debt relief agency. We
help people file for bankruptcy relief
under the bankruptcy code."
580 TAXES & BOOKKEEPING
BOOKKEEPING SERVICE
For your small business.
Joy 608-712-6286
jhammer9780@tds.net
586 TV, VCR &
ELECTRONICS REPAIR
BUNDLE & SAVE! DirecTV, Internet &
Phone from $69.99/mo. Free 3-months
of HBO, Starz, Showtime & Cinemax.
Free Genie 4-room Upgrade. Lock in 2
year savings. Call 800-918-1046 (wcan)
DIRECTV 2 Year Savings Event. Over
140 channels only $29.99 a month. Only
Directv gives you 2 years of savings and
a FREE Genie upgrade! Call 800-320-
2429 (wcan)
DISH TV RETAILER. Starting at $19.99/
mo for 12 mos. High Speed Internet
starting at $14.95/month (where
available) Save! Ask about same day
installation! Call now -
800-374-3940 (WCAN)
REDUCE YOUR Cable Bill! Get whole-
home Satellite system installed at NO
COST and programming starting at
$19.99/mo. FREE HD/DVR Upgrade to
new callers, so call now. 888-544-0273
(wcan)
601 HOUSEHOLD
NEW MATTRESS SETS from $89.
All sizes in stock! 9 styles. www.
PlymouthFurnitureWI.com
2133 Eastern Ave. Plymouth, WI Open 7
days a week (wcan)
604 APPLIANCES
FOR SALE 30" GE Stove
Self cleaning. $300. 608-424-0141
606 ARTICLES FOR SALE
PROM DRESS SALE! Hundreds of
dresses. Save $50 to 50% OFF. Edith's
Fond du Lac & Princess Prom, Fox Rover
Mall, Appleton. www.ediths.com (wcan)
648 FOOD & DRINK
ENJOY 100%GUARANTEED, delivered
to the door Omaha Steaks! SAVE 74%
plus 4 FREE burgers - The Family Value
Combo - ONLY $39.99. ORDER today.
800-831-1898 Use Code 49381GVT or
www.OmahaSteaks.com/sp25 (wcan)
SHARI'S BERRIES Order
mouthwatering gifts for any occasion!
SAVE 20% on qualifying orders over
$29! Fresh dipped berries starting at
$19.99. Visit www.berries.com/happy
or Call
800-975-3296 (wcan)
650 FURNITURE
1960'S MATCHING 3-piece Maple bed-
room set. Very good condition. 608-
253-4073
ANTIQUE DESK: Special features
include: Burl Wood drawer fronts with
Ebonized wood drop pulls, pull out
desk top, carved wood embellish-
ments & cylinder roll top. Measures:
41.5Wx25"Dx42"H. $1000. 608-835-
9421
CHINA HUTCH: Excellent condition
58"Wx40"Dx80"H Constructed w/select
hardwood Oak finish. Lighted, glass
shelves w/mirror, 2 pieces. $1500. 608-
835-9421
652 GARAGE SALES
EDGERTON- 613 Doty St 5/2-5/4 Friday,
Saturday & Sunday 9-4. Estate Sale. A
little bit of everything! Antiques, vintage,
collectibles & everyday, Maple Bedroom
set, kitchen sets, commodes, wash
stand, Edgerton Ratzlaff pot, Framed
prints by Charles Peterson & Howie Stiff,
Norwegian items, jewelry, albums, 45's,
tools & much more.
CLASSIFIED AD DEADLINE IS Noon
Monday for the Oregon Observer unless
changed because of holiday work sched-
ules. Call now to place your ad, 845-
9559, 873-6671 or 835-6677.
FITCHBURG-LACY HEIGHTS Neigh-
borhood Garage Sale 8am-2pm, Friday-
Saturday, May 2-3. Many families - 1/2
mile south off PD on Osmundson Rd.
Maps available at each house. Baby &
kids' clothes, toys, cribs, stroller. Doll
crib, stroller. Legos, Wii gaming, skis,
bikes. Adult clothes, furniture, household,
Lawn-mower. Much more!
OREGON 135 Village View Ct. May 2-3,
8:00-5:00. Boys clothes, shoes, 18mo-
4T, toys, child's workshop with tools,
collectible dolls, doll furniture, sled, TV,
pictures, dishes, 3 piece wicker set,
juicer, Dr. Suess nursery items, lamps,
strollers, decorations, check craigslist
for more.
OREGON 2412-2414 White Oak Tr.
Oregon Heights. Leaving state. Too
much to list. Sat-Sun, May 3-4, 8am-
5pm. No checks.
OREGON 310 Landover Dr, May 2-3,
9am-2pm. Furniture, refrigerator,
clothing, books, Christmas decorations,
etc.
OREGON 585 Scott St. Multi-family. May
1, 3pm-8pm. May 2, 8am-5pm. small
appliances, dryer, gas stove, microwave,
Christmas dishes and ornaments, light
fixtures, baby items, adult clothes.
OREGON 667 Stonebriar Lane 5/2
7:30-4, 5/3 7:30-1: Multi-family. Antiques,
linens, rugs, household items, includ-
ing decorations, Baby crib, 12 piece
china set, great condition women's cloth-
ing, sizes 8-10, Quilting items, including
scrap bags, and buttons, golf balls, bas-
kets, flower pots.
STOUGHTON- 577 HWY 51, 3 miles
east of Stoughton just beyond Tower Rd.
Friday 5/2, 8am-5pm. Saturday 5/3 8am-
1pm. Lots of stuff! Furniture, household,
decorative items, antiques, longaberger.
Something for almost everyone. No Chil-
dren items
STOUGHTON- 110O N Page St 5/1 4pm-
8pm, 5/2 8am-6pm, 5/3 8am-noon(1/2
price). Multi-family. Square Stern Canoe,
Yamaha Scooter, Antique Scale, Furni-
ture, womens clothing. Too much to List!
STOUGHTON- 1539 Williams Dr 5/1
12-7pm, 5/2 8am-5pm. 5/3 8-? BIG Clean
Sale! Namebrand clothes, girls, junior,
women -2x. Boys and mens. Holiday,
household, and tables, exercise bike,
misc antiques
STOUGHTON 1859 Sheryl Ln. May 1-4,
7am-6pm. HUGE SALE! American girl,
Playmobil, Lefton Lighthouse, golf, Ducks
Unlimited, antique depression milk glass
and crocks, holiday decorations. Part of
neighborhood garage sales.
STOUGHTON- 1920 County Road W.
One mile South Utica. or 3/mi N of
Coachmans Golf Course. 5/2-5/3 8am.
100's primitive collectables, unusual tools
& more 608-873-5803
STOUGHTON 3171 Sunnyside St. Satur-
day, 5/3, 9am-5pm. Bikes, Moped, lawn
mower, pumps, paint sprayer, hydraulic
Jacks, impact wrenches, golf equipment,
dehumidifier, small appliances, air com-
pressor and much more.
STOUGHTON- 3186 CTK A: 4 Family
garage sale in shed,. 138 south, right on
Ctk A. 5/1 3pm-7pm, 5/2 8am-6pm 5/3
8am-noon. Too much to list
STOUGHTON- 324 N Harrison St. 5/3
9-2. Spring Fever Gift & Plant Fair, over
30 vendors with gift items, baskets of
annuals for sale, proceeds benefit St
Ann's youth mission group.
STOUGHTON- 3605 Lake View 5/1-
5/3 Thurs 3pm-6pm, Fri 7:30-2pm, Sat
7:30am-noon. Multi-family, quality items
priced to sell-Coach pursers, large/small
nautical collectibles (binnacle, lobster
traps, porthole, antique canoe shelving
unit) toys, microwave, air conditioner,
oak coffee table & end tables & small
pine jelly cabinet, area rugs, Rowe pot-
tery lamps, framed-artwork, Norwegian
sweater, household items, lots of clothing
and more!
STOUGHTON 611 S Academy. Friday,
May 2, 8-3. Saturday,. May 3, 8-noon.
Household and kids.
STOUGHTON- 840 Devonshire Road.
5/2-5/3 8am-2pm both days. Many
household items, mens and womens'
clothes, more!
664 LAWN & GARDEN
3'-12' EVERGREEN and Shade Trees.
Pick Up or Delivery! Planting available.
Detlor Tree Farms
715-335-4444 (wcan)
666 MEDICAL & HEALTH SUPPLIES
MEDICAL GUARDIAN Top-rated medi-
cal alarm and 24/7 monitoring. For a
limited time, get free equipment, no acti-
vation fees, no commitment, a 2nd water-
proof alert button for free and more. Only
$29.95 per month. 800-281-6138
THEY SAY people dont read those little
ads, but YOU read this one, didnt you?
Call now to place your ad, 845-9559,
873-6671 or 835-6677.
SAFE STEP WALK-IN TUB Alert for
Seniors. Bathrooms falls can be fatal.
Approved by Arthritis Foundation. Thera-
peutic Jets. Less than 4 inch step-in.
Wide door. Anti-slip floors. American
made. Installation included. Call 888-
960-4522 for $750. off (wcan)
668 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
AMP: LINE 6 Spider IV 75 watt guitar
amp. Tons of built in effects, tuner, and
recording options. Like new, rarely used,
less than 2 years old. Asking $250 OBO.
call 608-575-5984
GUITAR: FENDER American made
Standard Stratocaster guitar. Tobacco
burst finish, mint condition. Includes
tremelo bar, straplocks, and custom fit-
ted Fender hard-shell case. Asking $950
OBO. Call 608-575-5984
672 PETS
SASSY CAT Free to good home! 8 yr
old inside, shorthair tabby with white fur
collar and paws. 608-669-2243
676 PLANTS & FLOWERS
PROFLOWERS SEND Bouquets for Any
occasion. Birthday, Anniversary or Just
Because! Take 20% off your order over
$29 or more. Flowers from $19.99 plus
s/h. Go to www.Proflowers.com/ActNow
or call 800-315-9042 (wcan)
688 SPORTING GOODS
& RECREATIONAL
WE BUY Boats/RV/Pontoons/ATV's &
Motorcycles! "Cash Paid" now. Ameri-
can Marine & Motorsports Super Center,
Shawano 866-955-2628 www.american-
marina.com (wcan)
692 ELECTRONICS
NINTENDO 64 VIDEO GAME
System. Comes with 11 games and
storage box! 2 controllers. 669-2243
696 WANTED TO BUY
RECENT VETERAN looking for antique
firearms (military, percussion, flintlock,
lever or bolt action) Also, old military
items, Civil War to present (helmets,
knives, uniforms, medals, photos,
anything!)
Call Phil 920-248-6495
TOP PRICES Any Scrap Metal
Cars/Batteries/Farm Equipment
Free appliance pick up
Property clean out. Honest
Fully insured. U call/We haul.
608-444-5496
WE BUY Junk Cars and Trucks.
We sell used parts.
Monday thru Friday 8am-5:30pm.
Newville Auto Salvage, 279 Hwy 59
Edgerton, 608-884-3114.
WILL BUY Standing Timber/Wooded 40
acres or more. Northern WI or Upper MI.
Highest prices paid. Close in 30 days.
Send to: PO Box 544, Rhinelander, WI
54501 (wcan)
705 RENTALS
2 BEDROOM Townhouse apartment w/
full basement on Racetrack Rd-Stough-
ton $775/mo includes utilities. No Pets.
Security deposit and references are
required. Available Now for an approved
applicant. Call 608-241-6609
BROOKLYN DUPLEX 2 Bedroom, no-
smoking, A/C, appliances, newer floor-
ing, large yard, quiet neighborhood,
$695/month plus utilities. 608-558-7017 .
GREENWOOD APARTMENTS Apart-
ments for Seniors 55+, currently has 1
& 2 Bedroom Units available starting at
$695 per month, includes heat, water,
and sewer. 608-835-6717 Located at 139
Wolf St., Oregon, WI 53575
OREGON 1-BEDROOM Apartment.
2-Car garage. $650/month. No pets.
Jane 608-271-7071
OREGON: 2 bdrm duplex, 1 car, spa-
cious, sunny, deck, small pet. SMOKE-
FREE. $1095+. Avail. 6/1 or 7/1. 608-
835-9269
OREGON 2-Bedroom in quiet well kept
building. Convenient location. Includes
all appliances, A/C, blinds, private park-
ing, laundry and storage. $200 Security
deposit. Cats OK. $665/month. 608-219-
6677
RURAL STOUGHTON- Mother N' Law
Apt. Suitable for 1 person Appliances-
wash-dryer. All Utilities Included. 608-
873-5983
STOUGHTON 211 E Main, 490sqft
efficiency, appliances/utilities included.
A/C, parking, decks. $550/mo. Available
5/1.
608-271-0101. www.hoserealty.com
STOUGHTON- 517 E Jefferson 2 bed-
room, Upper. $720 Utilities included Call
608-455-7100.
STOUGHTON/KENILWORTH- QUIET
2-bedroom, balcony, water. Private
Owner. No Pets. $750/mo. Available Mid
June-July/1 608-212-0829
Dave Johnson
(608) 835-8195
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720 APARTMENTS
OREGON-2 BDRM, 1 bath. Available
for spring/summer. Great central loca-
tion. On-site or in-unit laundry, patio,
dishwasher and A/C. $720-$730/month.
Call 255-7100 or www.stevebrownapts.
com/oregon
ROSEWOOD APARTMENTS for Seniors
55+, has 1 & 2 bedroom units available
starting at $695 per month. Includes
heat, water and sewer. Professionally
managed. 608-877-9388 Located at 300
Silverado Drive, Stoughton, WI 53589
740 HOUSES FOR RENT
STOUGHTON-3BDRM, 1.5 Bath, large
kitchen, spacious dining room, living
room. 3 season porch, all appliances
included, 1 car detached garage. Very
nice quiet neighborhood. $1195 w/$500
security deposit. Call 608-286-5282
750 STORAGE SPACES FOR RENT

ALL SEASONS SELF STORAGE
10X10 10X15 10X20 10X30
Security Lights-24/7 access
BRAND NEW
OREGON/BROOKLYN
Credit Cards Accepted
CALL (608)444-2900

C.N.R. STORAGE
Located behind
Stoughton Garden Center
Convenient Dry Secure
Lighted with access 24/7
Bank Cards Accepted
Off North Hwy 51 on
Oak Opening Dr. behind
Stoughton Garden Center
Call: 608-509-8904

DEER POINT STORAGE
Convenient location behind
Stoughton Lumber.
Clean-Dry Units
24 HOUR LIGHTED ACCESS
5x10 thru 12x25
608-335-3337

FRENCHTOWN
SELF-STORAGE
Only 6 miles South of
Verona on Hwy PB.
Variety of sizes available now.
10x10=$50/month
10x15=$55/month
10x20=$70/month
10x25=$80/month
12x30=$105/month
Call 608-424-6530 or
1-888-878-4244

NORTH PARK STORAGE
10x10 through 10x40, plus
14x40 with 14' door for
RV & Boats.
Come & go as you please.
608-873-5088

RASCHEIN PROPERTY
STORAGE
6x10 thru 10x25
Market Street/Burr Oak Street
in Oregon
Call 608-206-2347

STORAGE MOTORHOMES
RV's, Autos, Boats
Climate Controlled Space
608-575-5173

UNION ROAD STORAGE
10x10 - 10x15
10x20 - 12x30
24 / 7 Access
Security Lights & Cameras
Credit Cards Accepted
608-835-0082
1128 Union Road
Oregon, WI
Located on the corner of
Union Road & Lincoln Road

801 OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT
STOUGHTON 307 S Forrest Retail or
Office Space. 400 sq ft. $299/month utili-
ties included. 608-271-0101
STOUGHTON 316 S Gjertson St. Office/
Retail space. 1200 sq ft. $850/month,
utilities included. Will build to suit. Private
customer parking. 608-843-9125
VERONA- OFFICE/WAREHOUSE
1000 Sq Ft.$500 +Utilities.
608-575-2211 or
608-845-2052
840 CONDOS &
TOWNHOUSES FOR SALE
6924 TOTTENHAM Rd Madison
Beautiful 2 bdrm, 1.5 bath condo w/2 car
garage, fireplace, convenient to West
Towne & Epic, $139,900 OPEN Sunday
1-4 (or by appt)
608-273-2515
965 HAY, STRAW & PASTURE
GRASSY HORSE Hay. Small squares
$4.50/ea. Alfalfa mix. Big squares.
Delivery available.
608-669-7879
970 HORSES
PONIES W/SADDLES three six years
old and one older. Partially broke. Also
Davis 20 inch corn roller/cracker $300.
815-742-1914
WALMERS TACK SHOP
16379 W. Milbrandt Road
Evansville, WI
608-882-5725
975 LIVESTOCK
REGISTERED BLACK ANGUS.
Yearling bulls. Semen tested, docile,
great EPD's. Also wrapped hay bales.
2nd/3rd crop. 608-655-3370
980 MACHINERY & TOOLS
NH648 SILAGE Special, new tires,
excellent condition, $9500. Meyer tan-
dem manure spreader very good condi-
tion $3500. 815-871-5183
990 FARM: SERVICE
& MERCHANDISE
RENT SKIDLOADERS
MINI-EXCAVATORS
TELE-HANDLER
and these attachments. Concrete
breaker, posthole auger, landscape rake,
concrete bucket, pallet forks, trencher,
rock hound, broom, teleboom, stump
grinder.
By the day, week, or month.
Carter & Gruenewald Co.
4417 Hwy 92
Brooklyn, WI, 608-455-2411
995 FARM: WANTED TO BUY

BUYING STANDING WALNUT
Prices are High - Great time to Sell!
608-513-8678

THEY SAY people dont read those little
ads, but YOU read this one, didnt you?
Call now to place your ad, 845-9559,
873-6671 or 835-6677.
905 AUCTION SALE DATES
FARM EQUIPMENT AUCTION. May 9, 11am
at 6471 S. Chase Rd, Sobieski, WI Visit www.
nolansales.com or call for more info. Nolan
Sales LLC, Marion, WI 800-472-0290. Reg.
Auctioneers #165 & # 142. (wcan)
CLASSIFIED AD DEADLINE IS Noon
Friday for The Great Dane and Noon
Monday for the Oregon Observer unless
changed because of holiday work sched-
ules. Call now to place your ad, 845-
9559, 873-6671 or 835-6677.
SWINE AI COMPANY
Stoughton, WI
Seeks self-motivated, reliable,
full-time employee.
Welding/Maintenance skills are a plus.
Competitive wage & benets.
Call (608) 877-2500
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Sienna Meadows
Memory Care
989 Park Street Oregon, WI
608.835.0000
Attn: Chris Kiesz, RN

Sienna Crest & Sienna Meadows-
Oregon has immediate job opportunities
to join their compassionate
Care Specialist Team.

We offer competitive wages designed
to attract and retain quality staff.

Go to www.siennacrest.com
To Print An Application
TODAY!
Return your completed application to:
Various
Shifts Available!
E.O.E

Attention
All Caregivers!
Sienna Crest
Assisted Living
981 Park St Oregon, WI
608.835.7781
Attn: Lois Gilbert, LPN
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Award/Trophy Builder
Full-time start immediately. Seeking
individual with experience in computer
engraving and trophy assembly.
Call for appointment
835-5791 or 276-6050
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** DRIVERS **
FULL TIME DRIVERS NEEDED FOR REGIONAL WORK
$1000 SIGN ON BONUS
$1000 RETENTION BONUS
$750 GUARANTEE WEEKLY
Tractor-trailer drivers needed for the Walgreens Private
Fleet Operation based in Windsor, WI. Drivers make hand
deliveries to Walgreens stores within a regional area (WI,
IL, IA, MN, ND, SD). Workweek is Tues ~ Sat. All drivers
must be willing & able to unload freight.
*Earn $21.90/hour (OT after 8 hours) or $0.4650/mile
* Full Beneft Pkg includes Life, Dental, Disability & Health
Insurance with Prescription Card
*401k Pension Program with Company Contribution
*Paid Holidays & Vacation
*Home every day except for occasional layover
Drivers must be over 24 years old, have a min 18 months
T/T exp or 6 months T/T exp with a certifcate from an from
an accredited driving school & meet all DOT requirements
Send resume to:
b.kriel@callcpc.com
or call CPC Logistics at 1-800-914-3755
CDL DRIVERS
WANTED
Health Insurance / Vacation / 401K
Call (608) 275-7627
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Equal Opportunity Employer
www.qpsemployment.com
GENERAL LABOR
ASSEMBLY
WAREHOUSE
PRODUCTION
QPS WANTS
TO FIND A GREAT JOB!
Madison
608-819-4000
Monroe
608-325-4690
www.qpsemployment.com
APPLY ONLINE TODAY AT:
GENERAL LABOR
ASSEMBLY - WAREHOUSE
PRODUCTION
Baraboo - Mauston
608-448-4411
608-487-9260
Richland Center - Sparta
HOLTGER BROS., INC.
UTILITY CONTRACTOR
Since 1946

www.Holtger.com | Call 920-664-6300
EOE by AA
Holtger Bros., Inc has immediate career opportunities
in the telephone industry for the following positions:
Foremen | Aerial Technicians | CDL Laborers
Cable Plow/Bore Rig Operators
Training Offered. Travel Required for All Positions.
We Need A Z-Truck Driver
Full Time Daylight Hours Healthy Wages
Paid Medical & Disability Insurance
Paid Personal Days & Holidays
Well Maintained Trucks No Sundays
Smoke, Drug and Alcohol Free
Do you have:
Good driving and civil records to secure a Class B CDL with Tanker and Hazmat?
Good physical health to secure a DOT Federal Medical card to do the job safely?
Good social skills to continue our reputation of friendly and safe delivery?
Extra Credit: Mechanical aptitude to visualize and assist in small repair solutions?
Ten, to further your consideration of becoming a part of our 59 year tradition
of fueling construction, homes, farms and businesses, call 608-845-6989, ask for
Barth and make an appointment to complete a job application.
Job applications will be completed at Zurbuchen Oil, Inc, 309 Bruce Street, Verona,
WI 53593. Resumes may be FAXED to 608-845-6953 or emailed to zoil@tds.net.
Zurbuchen Oil, Inc
309 Bruce Street
Verona WI 53593
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16 - The Oregon Observer - May 1, 2014
www.kopkesgreenhouse.com
Wisconsins Premier Grower of Quality Plants & Hanging Floral Baskets!
Choose from hundreds of varieties of perennials & annuals, from thousands of hanging baskets.
1828 Sandhill Rd. Oregon, WI 53575 608-835-7569
Now open in Stoughton! Visit our sales house located in the Main Street Plaza parking lot.
Koupons & sale prices honored at both locations Gift Certificates available at both locations
April Showers Bring May Flowers!
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Directions from Stoughton:
Take 138 toward Oregon. Go past Eugsters
Farm Market, one mile and turn right on
Sunrise Rd. Go one more mile then turn left
on Town Line Rd. Continue on to Sand Hill Rd.
(approximately one mile) and turn right.
Directions from Fitchburg:
Take Fish Hatchery Road south to Netherwood
Road. Turn left and go through Oregon past
Walgreens to a left on Sand Hill Road.
Directions from Verona:
Take Cty. M to Fish Hatchery Rd. Turn
right and go to Netherwood Road. Turn left
at Netherwood Rd. through Oregon past
Walgreens to a left on Sand Hill Rd.
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Support l ocal agri cul ture! Shop outsi de the box store.
Recycl e your pots & contai ners at our f arm l ocati on.
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in front of Dollar General.
KOPKES KOUPON
HANGING BASKETS
$2.00 OFF
Limit 2 per koupon. Limit 1 koupon per kustomer per day.
Valid April 30- May 5, 2014.
KOPKES KOUPON
PROFESSIONAL SOIL MIXES
$2.00 OFF
Regular Priced at $7.99 and up. Choose from
Scotts Metro Mix, Black Gold or Miracle Gro.
Limit 2 per Koupon. Limit 1 koupon per kustomer per day.
KOPKES KOUPON
SAVE UP TO $3.00
50 Off
PERENNIALS
Starting at $1.99 Limit 6 per koupon.

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